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| Patient awaits tests for rabies | Patient awaits tests for rabies |
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| Further tests are being carried out to confirm whether a patient at a hospital in Belfast has rabies. | Further tests are being carried out to confirm whether a patient at a hospital in Belfast has rabies. |
| Initial tests were positive. The patient had been abroad but began to feel unwell after they had been home for several months. | Initial tests were positive. The patient had been abroad but began to feel unwell after they had been home for several months. |
| The Eastern Health Board said it was leading a multi-agency investigation but stressed the risk to the wider community was 'negligible'. | The Eastern Health Board said it was leading a multi-agency investigation but stressed the risk to the wider community was 'negligible'. |
| The patient is being treated at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. | The patient is being treated at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. |
| The board and its partner agencies are taking advice from the Health Protection Agency and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency. | The board and its partner agencies are taking advice from the Health Protection Agency and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency. |
| The last known case of rabies in Northern Ireland was in 1938. |