Health Alerts

Two different alerts have emerged in NSW: Eight measles cases have been reported to NSW Health over the past three weeks, with travel to Thailand, Sri Lanka and the Philippines implicated in at least some of the infections. (Flutrackers has other measles reports from WA, VIC & QLD). Heatwave conditions have adversely affected bats and flying foxes and led to some Sydney and Hunter region residents becoming injured while trying to rescue the animals. As being bitten or scratched by a bat or flying fox constitutes exposure to the rabies-like Australian Bat Lyssavirus, NSW Health is warning the public not to touch them but to contact a wildlife rescue group. It was reported that two of the bats recovered in the Hunter region were infected with ABL.  Read more