A woman from has died after testing positive for the rare tick-borne Powassan virus a month on from being bitten by the insect. The unnamed woman was in her 90s and lived in New county, which borders .Health officials said she was admitted to hospital with a fever, headache, chest pain and 'altered mental state' two weeks after being bitten by a tick in early May. The patient died 14 days later after becoming 'unresponsive'.
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