ACT visitor dies after contracting Japanese encephalitis in Murrumbidgee region
Source: ABC News
An ACT man in his 70s has died after contracting the mosquito-borne virus following his holiday in the Murrumbidgee region.
A man has died after contracting Japanese encephalitis on holiday in Southern NSW.
It is the second death in NSW this year from the virus.
NSW Health has confirmed the man, aged in his 70s, from the ACT, died on March 6 in a Canberra hospital while b… [1797 chars]