❖ Australia has announced the first confirmed case of human bird flu in a child.

❖ The child may acquire the avian influenza A (H5N1) infection while in India

. ❖ Human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) infection, also known as “bird flu”.

❖ This child was the first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Australia, and the first detected case of the H5N1 strain in the country