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The Scientific Committee for the Study of Antarctica, in a publication on its official website, is sounding the alarm that a highly contagious variant of avian influenza has caused the demise of populations of king and sub-Antarctic penguins that inhabit the Falkland Islands as well as the South Georgia Archipelago.
It is noted that this variant of the H5N1 virus got to Subantarctica last autumn. As of the current moment, it is known that the victims of the disease were several dozen representatives of these species. We are talking about those cases that have already been confirmed, as well as the alleged victims of bird flu.
