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Disease deaths, cases rise as new flood menace surfaces

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Authorities are concerned about the death toll caused by a disease linked with heavy rain, with the number...

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Disease deaths, cases rise as new flood menace surfaces

Authorities are concerned about the death toll caused by a disease linked with heavy rain, with the number...

1 day ago·Canberra, Australia

Death toll rises from disease with heavy rain link

Another person has died from a disease linked with heavy rain in a flood-hit region that may soon be on cyclone watch. Queensland Health confirmed an elderly person had died of melioidosis in Townsville while three new cases of dengue virus had also been discovered in the community. It came after it was revealed melioidosis had claimed four lives further north in Cairns, with the region recording a total number of 41 cases since January 1. The d…

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