Bird Flu Detected in New South Wales, Farm in Lockdown

This is separate to the strain detected in Victoria. The government reassured NSW consumers not to be worried about eggs and poultry products from supermarkets.

A test tube labelled "Bird Flu" and eggs in a picture illustration on Jan. 14, 2023. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters

Bird flu has been detected at a farm in the Hawkesbury district of New South Wales (NSW), near Sydney.

This comes after seven farms in Victoria were infected with avian flu during the months of May and June.