Day: June 30, 2011

THERE has been another outbreak of the deadly Hendra virus in Queensland, with one horse dead and two properties quarantined. A horse fell ill on a property at Kerry, near Beaudesert south of Brisbane, and died after being moved to a second nearby site at the weekend. Both properties have been quarantined. Tests have confirmed it had Hendra, a virus that’s killed four of the seven people infected with it since its discovery in 1994. A vet called to care for the sick horse and seven other people who had contact with the animal now face a