General
Bat warning issued after officials detect three cases of lyssavirus in Brisbane in one month
Three bats have tested positive to Australian lyssavirus in Brisbane in recent weeks, prompting health officials to renew their warnings not to handle injured animals.
Key points:
- Three bats were found to have Australia bat lyssavirus in December
- Health officials are urging people not to handle bats, even those that appear dead
- Three people have died since the virus was detected in Australia in 1996
The most recent positive case was found in a bat in Anstead Bushland Reserve, in Brisbane’s south-west, on December 30.
“We have been in contact with those people who reported the bat when it was found and those who cared for it,” a spokesperson for Queensland Health’s Metro North Health Unit said.
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