'Sad and concerning': Bird flu found in Antarctic seals

The virus is most likely to have been introduced through birds migrating from South America

Bird flu has spread to mammals before.

Bird flu has been found in elephant and fur seals near Antarctica in what are the region’s first cases of infected mammals.

The UK’s Animal Plant Health Agency (Apha) said it has been testing for the H5N1 virus on the island of South Georgia since several brown skuas were found dead there in October.