240,000 Birds to Be Culled In Emergency Response in NSW

A biosecurity ‘emergency’ plan has been activated. NSW Premier Chris Minns said there is ‘no reason to panic.’

Test tubes labelled "Bird Flu" and eggs are seen in a picture illustration on Jan. 14, 2023. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters

Nearly a quarter of a million birds will be killed after avian influenza was detected at a farm in the Hawkesbury district of New South Wales (NSW).

The NSW government activated an “emergency biosecurity incident plan” in a bid to contain the virus after bird flu was detected at the poultry egg farm.