Bird Flu Outbreak 2024 Australia. If hpai is detected in new zealand or its territories, mpi will be the lead agency and will coordinate any response in partnership with the department of conservation (doc), the ministry of health, and health new zealand (te whatu ora). This is how scientists are tracking and tracing the outbreak.

 — bird flu was last detected in australia in 2020, when it was found on an egg farm south of ballarat. Testing has revealed three different strains appeared at roughly the same time.