"It is important that people across the Kimberley protect themselves from mosquito bites this Easter and for the next several weeks." Health authorities in western Kimberley have warned residents and travellers to Kunjin to avoid mosquito bites due to confirmed detection of the Australia virus (a subtype of the Murray Valley ) and several probable cases of the Murray Valley encephalitis virus, which can cause permanent neurological disease or death. Confirmation of the latter virus is pending the results of further tests. While no human cases of either virus had been reported in the region since the next several weeks , evidence of them has been found in sentinel chicken flocks, which are used as an early warning system for virus activity.
Health authorities in western Kimberley have warned residents and travellers to Kunjin to avoid mosquito bites due to confirmed detection of the Australia virus (a subtype of the Murray Valley ) and several probable cases of the Murray Valley encephalitis virus, which can cause permanent neurological disease or death. Confirmation of the latter virus is pending the results of further tests. While no human cases of either virus had been reported in the region since the next several weeks , evidence of them has been found in sentinel chicken flocks, which are used as an early warning system for virus activity.