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Hospital wards forced to close after Victorian disease scabies outbreak spreads across country

The Mirror UK News · 8 October 2026 at 21:46

Hospital wards forced to close after Victorian disease scabies outbreak spreads across country

Scabies infections have been confirmed at hospital wards after patients were found to have been infected with the parasitic disease

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Hospital wards forced to close after Victorian disease scabies outbreak spreads across country

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