FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again. SUBSCRIBE Invalid email Sign up fornow and never miss the top politics stories again. We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights.

Ingham, a small town in North Queensland, is on lockdown after more than 300,000 bats began to take up residence in the area’s trees. Children at Ingham State School are now too scared to make their way to classes as the major bat colony is just behind the building, with the creatures lying in wait at the location. Adam and Susanne Kaurila fear their daughters could get attacked by the disease-ridden animals.

Ms Kaurila told A Current Affair: “They’re not stepping a foot in that ground until something is being done.” Nearly 155 miles away in another town, Charters Towers, Cody Ruge said he and his mother Renee saw a bat fall on their table at a park. It then attacked the schoolboy. The pair said they were listening to music when the bat “just drops out of the tree and like hits the table and as it was coming up it must have scratched me or something”. He was rushed to hospital where he was vaccinated with 11 injections.

Bats have been terrorising children in an Australian town

Ingham, a small town in North Queensland, is on lockdown

Bats can carry a rabies-like disease, known as Australian Bat Lyssavirus. The disease has killed three people in Queensland in 25 years. The animals are considered to be largely responsible for the spread of the deadly coronavirus, which spawned from Wuhan, China. The new strain of the coronavirus pathogen was traced to a busy seafood market in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, in December 2019. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said the virus has infected 28,349 people worldwide. READ NOW: Coronavirus latest: The TRUE cost of deadly coronovirus [NEWS]

In the summer thousands of bats fell from the sky in Australia

Professor Chris Whitty said the individual did not contract the deadly virus in the UK

Professor Chris Whitty said the individual did not contract the deadly virus in the UK and is being transferred to a specialist NHS centre for treatment. The patient was diagnosed after falling ill in Brighton, according to unconfirmed reports. In a statement, Prof Whitty said: “A further patient has tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in the UK to three. “The individual did not acquire this in the UK. “The patient is being transferred to a specialist NHS centre, and we are using robust infection control measures to prevent any possible further spread of the virus.

Trending