Avian Flu Diary

Covering Pandemic and Seasonal Flu, Emerging Infectious Diseases, public health, community & Individual preparedness. NOTE: All AFD blogs are written by a human - any mistakes are solely mine.

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

HK CHP Reports 3 H9N2 Cases On Mainland

#19,266 Although it received brief mention ( see below ) in the July 17th WPRO avian flu update , Hong Kong's CHP acknowledged 3 rece...

New Zealand to Require Biosecurity Plans From Poultry Sector as Australia's H5N1 Count Rises to 27

#19,265 No unexpectedly, the results overnight from Australia's National Lab CSIRO have confirmed the 7 suspected bird flu detections ...

Monday, July 27, 2026

South Australia Reports 7 More `Suspect' H5N1 Detections In Native Shore Birds

Video Link #19,264 Once again Southern Australia is reporting a number (n= 7 ) of `presumed positive' H5N1 tests in local seabirds, ...

Sunday, July 26, 2026

South Australia Confirms 6th & 7th Seabird Infection - National Ttl = 20

#19,263 As mentioned yesterday , Australia's National Lab CSIRO was testing samples from 2 suspected H5N1 infected seabirds from South...

Preprint: A lethal human H5N5 influenza virus isolate exhibits low pandemic risk traits

Credit: Multiple transatlantic incursions of HPAI clade 2.3.4.4b A(H5N5) virus into North America and spillover to mammals #19,262 We...

Saturday, July 25, 2026

Australia: CSIRO Confirms Qld's H5N1 - SA Reports 2 `Suspected' Local Birds

Confirmed Positive H5N1 in Birds (n=18) #19,261 While there was never much doubt, we now have confirmation from Australia's National L...

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