A 10-year-old boy who arrived in Australia on Sunday has been airlifted from Toowoomba suffering cerebral malaria.


The Sudanese child was taken to the Royal Brisbane Hospital by RACQ CareFlight.


A pediatric team was on board the helicopter.


The boy came to Australia to stay with family after his parents were injured in an accident.


Malaria, a mosquito borne disease, is largely unheard of in Australia.


Read more at the Queensland Times .