Even as the world is gripped by the coronavirus outbreak and
facing a disaster like never before in complete lockdown a Chinese man dying
from the hantavirus has sent further shockwaves on the internet. The man was
reportedly traveling by a bus in the Yunan province when he suddenly died and
tests revealed the presence of the deadly hantavirus and efforts are on to test
the other 32 co-passengers.
The Hantavirus is actually not a new one as claimed by the
heavily shared Whatsapp community but has been in existence already. Unlike the
coronavirus, the hantavirus is not communicable from humans to humans but
rather from rodents to humans according to the United States Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). If a person happens to touch the urine,
saliva, feces or nesting materials of a rat or other rodents and then touch
their mouth, nose or eyes the hantavirus can affect him.
The symptoms of hantavirus are
Fever greater than 101◦F, chills, body
aches, headaches.
Nausea and vomiting and abdominal pain.
New rash (faint red spots)
A dry cough followed by rapid onset of breathing difficulty.
Though the symptoms are somewhat similar, from the reports,
it is clear that citizens need not fear the hantavirus like the coronavirus
that is on rampage affecting four lakh people worldwide with a death toll of
16,500 at the time of this writing.
source: www.indiaglitz.com
