Owners Told to Coop Up Birds, as NSW Virus Toll Hits 30
Sydney has recorded another case of H5 bird flu, with four additional detections across the state prompting authorities to urge bird owners to keep their animals housed.The five new cases bring the total number of H5 events in NSW to 30.Three greater crested terns tested positive at Dee Why, Goulburn, and Hawks Nest, while a white-fronted tern in Congo and a silver gull in Moruya also returned positive results.
The Dee Why case is the second detection in metropolitan Sydney following a positive test in the fellow northern beaches suburb of Warriewood earlier this month...
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