Fears for penguin colonies after the discovery of the highly contagious H5N1 virus in two dead skuas
Bird flu has reached mainland of Antarctica for the first time, officials have confirmed.
The H5N1 virus was found on Friday in two dead scavenging birds called skuas near Primavera Base, the Argentinian scientific research station on the Antarctic peninsula.
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