Thousands dead as mystery virus takes hold with officials issuing major warning

Experts have scrambled to figure out what caused hundreds of fish to wash up dead on numerous beaches – despite discovering the fish were infected by a virus the fish's cause of death is a mystery

Mystery virus kills thousands of fish found washed up on beach Milo Pope | Live News reporter Published August 20, 2026 3:05pm Updated August 20, 2026 3:09pm Thousands of dead fish were spotted across a beach in South Africa (Picture: @777nitro/Newsflash/NX) Scientists have launched an investigation after thousands of