Another Deadly Virus called hantavirus has Detected In China
The virus has already killed a man from Yunnan Province. Hantavirus is spread mainly by rodents
While the world is still battling with COVID-19 Coronavirus, another deadly virus, Orthohantavirus popularly referred to as Hantavirus, has emerged from China.
GoldenNewsNg understands that The virus has already killed a man from Yunnan Province.
According to Global Times reported that He was on a chartered bus to Shandong Province for work on Monday when he fell and died.
Adding that he was tested positive for Hantavirus.
An ‘Hantavirus’ also known as orthohantavirus is a single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA virus in the family Hantaviridae of the order Bunyavirales. These viruses normally infect rodents but do not cause disease in them. Humans may become infected with hantaviruses through contact with rodent urine, saliva, or feces.
Unlike Coronavirus, the cases of human-to-human transmission of Hantavirus are rare.
Humans may become infected with Hantavirus if they come in contact with rodent urine, saliva, or faeces.
Early symptoms of the virus include fatigue, fever, and muscle aches, along with headache, dizziness, chills and abdominal problems.
If left untreated, it can lead to coughing and shortness of breath and finally death.
More than 377,000 people have been infected by Coronavirus across the world and 16,500 have died from it.
Countries are being placed on lockdown to prevent further spread of the COVID-19.
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