New deadly Bolivian virus to be transmitted from human to human | Abroad

Five cases of the Chapare virus have been detected in the capital, La Paz. Three people have since died. Chapare, named after the region where the outbreak started, resembles the life-threatening Ebola. It is probably passed on to humans from ratsscientists at the American Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report.

Chapare first appeared in 2004. A 22-year-old farmer died after a sick bed with flu-like symptoms supplemented by vomiting and bleeding. Treatment proved impossible. After that, it remained silent for years until the disease reappeared in the capital La Paz in 2019.

Two patients who were in hospital at the time also infected three healthcare workers. A patient, a hospital employee and an ambulance worker died.

Three more cases of the Chapare virus were later diagnosed. One child among them. All three survived the disease, The Independent writes.

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