Can people get the bird flu from eggs and milk? Can you die if you become infected? Here’s what we know about bird flu in people.<\/p>\n
She said it was found as part of Queensland’s enhanced H5 bird flu surveillance program.<\/p>\n
“A member of the public saw this dead bird and immediately reported it,” Dr Crook said.<\/p>\n
Queensland’s first case was on Moreton Island in late July<\/a> but there is no current detection of the disease in poultry, nor evidence of large-scale deaths in the state.<\/p>\n Across Australia, there have now been confirmed detections of bird flu in most states.<\/p>\n In South Australia there have been at least three mass mortality events<\/a> in wild birds and last week there was a confirmed detection of the disease in a marine mammal<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mass deaths possible in Queensland<\/p>\n Deputy Director-General and Chief Biosecurity Officer Rachel Chay said Queensland remains low-risk but warned mass bird deaths could occur.<\/p>\n “We do have to be prepared that as the migratory seasons continue, both this year and in the coming years, that we may see mass events in Queensland,” Dr Chay said.<\/p>\n She added vulnerable bird species that are “suitable” to be vaccinated are being identified.<\/p>\n “Noting that these birds would have to be vaccinated twice so we need to either have them in captivity or be able to recapture them for a second vaccination.”<\/p>\n Dr Chay warned mass bird deaths like those seen in southern states are possible in Queensland. (ABC News: Meghan Dansie)<\/p>\n Dr Crook said the DPI has an Incident Management Team that is responding to the current case and will prioritise heightened surveillance and regular public communication.<\/p>\n “We are continuing our enhanced passive surveillance program throughout the state and would encourage the community and industry to continue to be vigilant,” Dr Crook said.<\/p>\n Primary Industries Minister Tony Perrett has told parliament protecting the state’s multi-million-dollar poultry sector is the government’s top priority.<\/p>\n People in Queensland are being urged to report sick or dead wild birds to the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queensland has recorded its second case of H5 avian flu after a dead migratory seabird tested positive on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":867617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[64,63,133874,1845,34997,137,436475,208148,436474],"class_list":["post-867616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-avian-flu","tag-bird-flu","tag-castaways-beach","tag-health","tag-primary-industries-minister","tag-tony-perrett","tag-wild-shearwater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8534c18d69d6d06051f63f9f240f3274.jpeg\")
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