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Here's what we know about the Japanese encephalitis outbreak in Victoria, South Australia, NSW and Queensland
A New South Wales man has become the second Australian confirmed to have died from the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) outbreak, as authorities across four states urge people to avoid mosquito bites to reduce their chance of being infected.
After Victoria announced that a man in his 60s had died in northern Victoria on February 28, NSW authorities confirmed today that a post-mortem examination showed the cause of death for a man in his 70s from Griffith last month was also the JEV.
The deaths come as agricultural health authorities work to contain its spread.
Here's what we know about the spread of the virus so far.
It's spreading to places where it wouldn't normally be
The virus has been present in parts of far northern Australia since the 1990s including the Tiwi Islands and the top of Cape York in northern Australia, but the tropical disease has never been recorded in people further south.
Now health authorities are trying to contain recent outbreaks in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, with cases confirmed in animals in at least 21 piggeries in all of those states.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-09/health-authorities-on-alert-over-japanese-encephalitis-virus/100894208