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Daily Mirror
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Antony Thrower

Lassa fever: UK patient who died from rare rat-borne virus was newborn baby

The patient who last week died from the rare rat-borne virus Lassa fever was a newborn baby, it has been reported.

The tiny child was one of three confirmed cases within the same family in east England who had recently returned home from a trip to West Africa.

The UK Health Security Agency announced the confirmed cases last Friday and said one had proved fatal, with Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust then confirming the patient was in their care.

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