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Mice biting hospital patients, ravaging farms as plague escalates across NSW
Three hospital patients in regional New South Wales have been bitten by mice as the horror rodent plague escalates.
Key points:
- Health expert is “surprised” more people haven’t contracted a rare rodent-borne infectious disease
- Farmers across New South Wales are calling for a new method to control the plague
- They fear mice will destroy the winter crops and stored hay
NSW Health has confirmed the patients were bitten in Tottenham, Walgett and Gulargambone.
“Reports of residents or patients receiving minor bites have been made … and appropriate treatment has been provided,” said a NSW Health spokesperson.
Western Local Health District has received one report of a mouse-related illness known as lymphocytic choriomeningitis [LCM] in the region.
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