People A man in his 50s died after contracting the first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) in New South Wales, Australia.
Craig Nolte died on July 3 after falling critically ill from a bat bite the he sustained eight months prior, his wife Robyn Nolte confirmed in a post on Facebook on Tuesday, July 15.
“I said goodbye to Craig on the 3rd of July to a very quick case of lyssavirus,” Robyn wrote on the Ballina Community Facebook page. She noted that her husband was treated with “post-exposure prophylaxis injections” after being bitten by a bat months ago.
While this should have prevented the deadly and untreatable illness from developing, New South Wales Health confirmed that he had been diagnosed with it in a July 2 release.