Because they had contact with a bat: authorities are looking for children – the animal probably had a deadly virus. Since 1996, three people have died from the Tollwood-like virus in Queensland, Australia.
The last death to date was in 2013 - an eight-year-old boy who was scratched by a bat and later died in hospital as a result. Infection with ABLV can cause a specific rabies disease to occur: symptoms include headache, fever, loss of appetite and fatigue.