The mystery illness spreading through China has been officially detected in Europe for the first time, with the first three official symptoms finally told to the public,
The strange Covid-like
Pneumonia virus has been causing chaos in China for weeks, with the world on
high alert over fears a new pandemic could be on the way.
It saw officials in other
countries such as neighbouring India, who are wary of another virus spreading
through their population following the outbreak of the Coronavirus in 2019,
readying themselves for action.
A big surge in respiratory
diseases has knocked China, with Beijing hospitals overrun after a massive
increase in hospitalisations. Some Indian states are now preparing their own
health services to brace for the virus as a result.
Medical officials in both
Denmark and Holland have confirmed that the virus has taken hold there, with
the latter confirming that the number of children – whom it mainly impacts –
aged between five and 14 to get it has risen to 130 per 100,000 in just one
week.
That is more than double the
normal amount of Winter flu-like illnesses for this time of year on average.
Denmark has also reported an
increase of three times the amount, from 168 to 541 in the space of five weeks,
with senior Statens Serum Institute researchers Hanne-Dorthe Emborg, stating:
“In the past five weeks, the number of new cases has increased significantly,
and we are now seeing significantly more cases than usual, and that there is
widespread infection throughout the country.”
After weeks of mystery, the
three key symptoms of the mystery virus have now been revealed and are: sore
throat, fatigue, Lingering cough that can last for weeks or months.
Maria Van Kerkhove, acting
director of the WHO’s department of epidemic and pandemic preparedness and
prevention, said: “We asked about comparisons prior to the pandemic. And the
waves that they’re seeing now, the peak is not as high as what they saw in
2018-2019.
“This is not an indication of a
novel pathogen. This is expected. This is what most countries dealt with a year
or two ago.”
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