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Subscriber only IPSWICH Nature Centre is set to remain closed to the public for the foreseeable future amid a record-breaking flying fox infestation. Councillor Russell Milligan on Tuesday revealed the latest figures showed about 22,500 of the animals were currently roosting at Queens Park. The largest number previously recorded was in 2014 at a total of about 15,000. The revelation comes just weeks after Ipswich City Council closed the area in response safety concerns over the growing population. West Moreton Health also confirmed two bats infected with Australian Bat Lyssavirus were found around Ipswich Central State School last week. The virus can prove lethal to humans, if infected.
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TWO flying foxes infected with a virus which can be fatal to humans were found in and near an Ipswich state school before they died.
West Moreton Health says in the past fortnight two flying foxes which later tested positive for Australian Bat Lyssavirus were located around Ipswich Central State School.
West Moreton Public Health physician Dr Candice Colbran said an ABLV infection can be fatal to humans and anyone who could have had contact with either animal should immediately present to a doctor or an emergency department. Letter sent to Ipswich Central State School parents.
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February 22, 2021
It’s still a ways off, but public health officials are planning on holding mass immunization clinics to protect the general public against COVID-19.
Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Colby says it’s entirely dependent on supply.
“There’s been a provincial prioritization document with regard to how to decide when the supplies of the vaccine are lean, who gets it first in a fair and equitable manner,” Dr. Colby explains. “It’s a very long and complicated document, and we’re kind of slogging through that right now to finalize our local plan.”
Dr. Colby says the plan is that everyone in Chatham-Kent who wants to receive the vaccine will have had it by September.