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PRO/AH/EDR> Toxic jellyfish – Australia: (NT) human case, fatal

Other Human Disease -- AustraliaAn Australian teenager has died after a suspected box jellyfish sting, authorities said Thursday [4 Mar 2021], in a rare case believed to be the country's 1st such death in 15 years.Health officials said the 17-year-old was stung while swimming at Bamaga, a remote community on the tip of Cape York in Australia's far north, on 22 Feb 2021. He was airlifted to a hospital where he died on 1 Mar 2021, according to police.The Australian box jellyfish, or _Chironex fleckeri_, Read more [...]