Queensland Health authorities on alert as potentially deadly Hendra virus detected
TWO new Hendra virus cases have been found in Queensland.
Queensland chief veterinary officer Rick Symons and chief health officer Jeannette Young announced the details at 11am, when it was revealed that the cases were at Cawarral, near Rockhampton in central Queensland, and Ingham in north Queensland.
It is understood that horses have died in each location, although it is not known how many animals were affected.
Four people have been exposed to the potentially deadly virus, and will be monitored.
More to come soon...
A horse died of Hendra virus near Townsville in January, the only previously known outbreak this year.
More than 70 horse deaths have been associated with Hendra since it was first discovered in 1994.
Four people also have died.
The deaths of 22 horses last year on a Kooralbyn property - thought to have died of the bat-borne virus as either scrub tick infestation or botulism.
Queensland chief veterinary officer Rick Symons and chief health officer Jeannette Young announced the details at 11am, when it was revealed that the cases were at Cawarral, near Rockhampton in central Queensland, and Ingham in north Queensland.
It is understood that horses have died in each location, although it is not known how many animals were affected.
Four people have been exposed to the potentially deadly virus, and will be monitored.
More to come soon...
A horse died of Hendra virus near Townsville in January, the only previously known outbreak this year.
More than 70 horse deaths have been associated with Hendra since it was first discovered in 1994.
Four people also have died.
The deaths of 22 horses last year on a Kooralbyn property - thought to have died of the bat-borne virus as either scrub tick infestation or botulism.
itexam - 30. Mai, 05:14
