Authorities have now quarantined four Queensland properties due to two separate hendra virus outbreaks. The latest case in Queensland is at a property in the Boonah area south-west of Brisbane. Biosecurity Queensland says test results overnight confirmed a sick horse at the Mount Alford property had hendra virus.

 

There has also been a confirmed case of hendra in northern New South Wales.  Lab tests show a horse on a property at Wollongbar was suffering from the virus when it was put down on Thursday morning.