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Tourist bitten by bat in Australia fears rare infectious disease
Tourist: 'I felt this sting, like two pinpricks on my forehead'
Australian bats don’t carry rabies, but they can transmit Lyssavirus
Victim underwent a series of five injections as a precaution
Tom Palmer
Updated: Oct 6, 2023 / 10:18 PM CDT
(NewsNation) — A tourist visiting Australia had a harrowing encounter with a bat that left medical professionals concerned she contracted a fatal virus.
Sandi Galloway and her husband Gordon were sightseeing in Cairns, Queensland when the incident occurred.
According to multiple reports, Galloway “felt something flying” over her head.”
“Next thing, I felt this sting, like two pinpricks on my forehead,” Galloway told the Cairns Post.
At first, Galloway, who is partially blind, didn’t believe she had been bitten by a bat despite her partner telling her that’s what had happened...
Tourist bitten by bat in Australia fears rare infectious disease
Tourist: 'I felt this sting, like two pinpricks on my forehead'
Australian bats don’t carry rabies, but they can transmit Lyssavirus
Victim underwent a series of five injections as a precaution
Tom Palmer
Updated: Oct 6, 2023 / 10:18 PM CDT
(NewsNation) — A tourist visiting Australia had a harrowing encounter with a bat that left medical professionals concerned she contracted a fatal virus.
Sandi Galloway and her husband Gordon were sightseeing in Cairns, Queensland when the incident occurred.
According to multiple reports, Galloway “felt something flying” over her head.”
“Next thing, I felt this sting, like two pinpricks on my forehead,” Galloway told the Cairns Post.
At first, Galloway, who is partially blind, didn’t believe she had been bitten by a bat despite her partner telling her that’s what had happened...