Environment, Parks and Land Management Minister Rebecca Vassarotti said the home is within the quarantine area set up after the virus was first detected at a commercial farm on June 27.
"I would like to acknowledge and thank the residents of this property who have acted swiftly to take action to prevent the potential spread of this virus amongst the broader bird population. The original case in the ACT was linked to the outbreak of the virus in New South Wales, where two farms in Sydney's Hawkesbury region were found to have been infected last month.Bird flu is highly transmittable between birds but doesn't spread easily to humans, although it has a high mortality rate when people do catch it.
Bird flu is highly transmittable between birds but doesn't spread easily to humans, although it has a high mortality rate when people do catch it.Vassarotti said it was important for bird owners in the ACT's quarantine area to be on the lookout for signs of the disease.