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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Health
Simon McCarthy

Fifth case of bird flu confirmed in NSW as Commonwealth approves vaccine

More than a month after the first detections were confirmed at Port Stephens, the state's departments for agriculture and the climate have confirmed a fifth case H5 bird flu in NSW.

Tests taken from a dead Greater Crested Tern found on the South Coast were confirmed by the CSIRO after a member of the public reported the animal, the ministers for agriculture, regional NSW and Western NSW said in a joint statement on Saturday, August 15.

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