While the world is still grappling with the coronavirus, new information evoking a virus, called “Nipah”, is circulating massively, taking advantage of the state of concern that reigns in the world.
Dr Tayeb Hamdi, researcher in health policies and systems, immediately expressed his astonishment at the spread of this kind of information, stressing that this is an old virus, known for twenty years .
“I do not know why this 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 said in a statement to The Info Site.
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 further explained 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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