A mosquito warning has been issued after one person died and seven others hospitalised after contracting the mosquito-borne virus.
SA, VIC and NSW have been warned of a virus being spread from mosquitos that has already hospitalised a number of people across the south-east of Australia.
According to SA Health, the La Nina weather is creating optimal conditions for the spread of mosquito-borne viruses including the flavivirus.
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