Tag Archive for PRO/EDR> Melioidosis – Australia (04): (NT)
PRO/EDR> Melioidosis – Australia (04): (NT)
Melioidosis -- AustraliaMore people are being infected by a potentially fatal bacterium in the Northern Territory [NT], and health experts suspect building works could have something to do with the rise in cases. It infects a person through open cuts and wounds, and it can be inhaled.One man breathed in the bacterium in December 2016, while he was living behind a block of flats in Darwin [Northern Territory] that were being demolished. "There was a lot of dust coming over the fences, onto the car. Read more [...]
