Avian Bird Flu 2024. As of august 2024, there is no official recommendation for people to take down bird feeders because of the risk of avian influenza (see next section). A case of avian influenza a (h5n1) infection, also known as “bird flu”, has been reported in victoria.
Between 2 december 2023 and 15 march 2024, highly pathogenic avian influenza (hpai) a(h5) outbreaks were reported in domestic (227) and wild (414) birds. From 2003 to 22 may 2024, 891 cases of human infections with avian influenza a(h5n1), including 463 deaths, have been reported to who from 24.