Queensland records a second potential H5 bird flu case after a wild shearwater found dead at Castaways Beach, Noosa, tests positive for H5N1, according to Queensland Government laboratory results. The bird is reported to have returned a positive result from the Queensland Government’s biosecurity science laboratory.
The new finding comes about one month after Queensland’s first confirmed case. Multiple outlets describe the earlier case as the first detection in the state and note the timing between the two events. Across reports, the focus remains on the location and the bird species involved, with no public indication in these summaries of human infection or additional detections at this stage. ABC also specifically reports the laboratory result as confirmed overnight.
Overall, outlets agree that a dead shearwater at Castaways Beach is linked to H5N1/H5 bird flu testing, and that this is the second such case in Queensland, following a first confirmed detection roughly a month earlier.
