Scientists suppose the virus was in all probability launched by birds migrating to the sub-Antarctic from South America.
They have been testing animals on the island of South Georgia, after a number of birds have been discovered lifeless in October.
It’s the area’s first case of contaminated mammals.
Sky’s science correspondent Thomas Moore studies.
Read extra: https://news.sky.com/story/highly-infectious-form-of-bird-flu-confirmed-for-first-time-in-antarctic-seals-13045876
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