Encephalitis causes brain inflammation and has a high mortality rate of up to 40 per cent despite improvements in treatments, according to the Encephalitis Society. More research is being undertaken to explore Murray Valley Encephalitis. Here, several stories of persons seriously infected from mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) and Murray Valley encephalitis virus, and autoimmune encephalitis.
Latifa Haidary was working as a security guard at a regional Victorian COVID-19 vaccination hub when an elderly Afghan man walked in. Approaching staff members with a bewildered look on his face, he began asking a stream of questions in Hazaragi. But no-one could understand him until Ms Haidary, 22, stepped in and addressed him in the language. “I said, ‘Sir, do you know if you can fill in a form or not?'” Ms Haidary said.