The total number of confirmed hendra virus cases has reached 14, according to Chris Reardon, BVSc(Hons), BSc(Hons), MACVSc, CMAVA, president of Equine Veterinarians Australia. The Australian Veterinary Association indicated that the cases occurred on eight properties in Queensland and three in New South Wales.

Reardon explained that this year’s total matches the total number of cases Australia had ever seen prior to this year: "Until this year there were 14 cases over 17 years. In the last six weeks there have been 14 more nationally."

The most recent cases of the zoonotic disease were confirmed in Queensland on July 22. One confirmation came from a horse that died last month in Logan, and the other came from a recent equine fatality in Chinchilla.

With the Chinchilla case, Reardon confirmed the virus is spreading to new areas of the country

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