The news is still strongly dominated by the new coronavirus, and concerns about the stocks of dedicated vaccines and their effectiveness are still beating their complaint, that a new virus has been added to the situation. His name is “Nipah” and is talked about a lot now, around the world.
According to the first information available, its virulence has nothing to envy to the Covid-19, on the contrary, it would even be much more serious. Should there be panic? Dr Tayeb Hamdi, researcher in health policies and systems, immediately expresses his astonishment at the turn taken by the spread of information relating to “Nipah”.
The expert stresses that this is an old virus, known for twenty years. “I do not know why all the buzz around this virus and why we are trying to fuel this climate of anxiety among the population, when the virus is very old and does not deserve all this fear,” he assured at Le Site info. According to the practitioner, the origin of this wind of panic is the publication in a medical journal of a study on viruses that could constitute a danger to global health and for which international laboratories have not yet conducted research for find drugs or vaccines.
And Dr. Hamdi continues that the World Health Organization (WHO) considers the “Nipah” virus as one of the ten most dangerous diseases for global health because they have not been researched. He also explains that this virus is transmitted from animals to humans, from humans to humans and it can also be transmitted by fruits. Regarding symptoms, this virus is no different from other viruses that cause respiratory illnesses, such as coronavirus, flu or others. Its death rate varies between 40 and 75%, said the researcher who points out that this virus has appeared in certain countries in Asia and has been contained.
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