Avian Influenza Outbreak 2024. Since late 2023, the virus infected at least 48. On 17 may 2024, the who collaborating centre (who cc) for reference and research on influenza in australia notified the nfp of australia of a suspected case of human a(h5n1).

Avian influenza has caused the deaths of more than 300 million birds worldwide and the virus “is increasingly crossing species barriers”, according to un health officers. With the recent detections of the eurasian h5 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (hpai) in wild birds and domestic poultry in the united states, bird owners should.