It turns out COVID isn’t the only virus we need to worry about. The Federal Government has announced that Japanese Encephalitis is now a virus of national significance. To explain what it means, and if it's something to worry about is Infectious diseases physician and clinical microbiologist, Associate Professor Paul Griffin.

<p>It turns out COVID isn&rsquo;t the only virus we need to worry about. The Federal Government has announced that Japanese Encephalitis is now a virus of national significance. To explain what it means, and if it's something to worry about is Infectious diseases physician and clinical microbiologist, Associate Professor Paul Griffin.</p>

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