A dead seal has tested positive for bird flu, marking a grim milestone for the development of the disease in Australia.
The long-nosed fur seal is the country’s first confirmed H5 bird flu case in a mammal, prompting warnings from advocacy groups of the threat of mammal-to-mammal transmission.
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