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Recent reports have indicated that several individual penguins have tested positive for High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) on South Georgia Island. The UK's Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has confirmed the presence of the virus, with the H5N1 strain causing the deaths of numerous wild and domestic birds.
The southern Atlantic island has largely escaped the ravages of avian flu, but now H5N1 has infected the penguins of South Georgia island.
The first avian influenza cases in the penguins of South Georgia are reported by scientists.
Bird flu has been confirmed in 10 penguins on South Georgia, one of the world's great wildlife havens.
The first avian influenza cases in the penguins of South Georgia are reported by scientists.