A woman and a child were injured Thursday by a shark on a very tourist island of the Australian Whitsundays archipelago, near the Great Barrier Reef, announced the Australian authorities.

Their days are not in danger. Ambulance services in the state of Queensland, eastern Australia, reported that the woman and child had been hospitalized for leg and foot injuries but their lives were not in danger . The attack took place on a beach on Hamilton Island, the source said. Local media reports that both victims were swimming in the shallow waters of Catseye Beach.

One of the highest rates of shark attacks in the world. Australia has one of the highest rates of shark attacks in the world, but fatal accidents are rare. Several attacks have been reported in recent months in the Whitsundays. A 33-year-old man died in early November after being badly hit on his legs and an arm. A 12-year-old girl and a 46-year-old woman were seriously injured in shark attacks 24 hours apart in September, also in the Whitsundays.

In total, 20 people were injured in 2018 in shark attacks in Australia, only one of them deadly, according to statistics held by Sydney's Taronga Zoo.