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A second lady has died since Murray Valley encephalitis and a person is in hospital with the virus as extra suspected instances are investigated.
A girl in her sixties died in late February and a person in his seventies is receiving therapy in hospital, Victoria’s well being division says.
It follows the loss of life of a lady in her 60s who lived within the Buloke Shire within the state’s north-west in early February.
A complete of three instances of the virus and two deaths have been reported in Victoria this mosquito season.
A variety of suspected instances are underneath investigation, the well being division mentioned in an announcement on Monday evening.
Each the confirmed new instances had been probably uncovered to mosquitoes in northern Victoria.
There isn’t any vaccine in opposition to Murray Valley encephalitis, however the virus is thought to be circulating in mosquito populations in northern Victoria.
It may possibly trigger a uncommon however probably critical an infection of the central nervous system, and other people in northern Victoria are being urged to cut back their threat of mosquito bites.
-AAP
