• PHOTO: There are ways to minimise the risk of Murray Valley encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, Ross River or Barmah Forest virus. This is not one of them.
ON Saturday 28 January 2023 health authorities issued another warning around mosquito-borne diseases in the region.
There are fears that another arbovirus could take hold in western NSW with Murray Valley Encephalitis - which can cause a "rare but potentially serious infection of the brain" - detected in mosquitoes in the Macquarie Marshes in recent days.
Residents across the region are being urged to . . .
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