Na wah! Nipah virus don land for India wey don cause gbege for West Bengal. E be like say five cases don confirm, including doctors and nurses wey don catch the virus. Na serious matter o!
People dem don already quarantine almost 100 persons wey contact the infected ones. One of dem dey on top critical condition, and na hospital dem dey treat this virus wahala for the area wey close to Kolkata.
Nipah virus, wey people sabi as NiV, na one kind deadly virus wey no get serious treatment or vaccine. E dey cause serious illness, from fever to brain inflammation wey dem call encephalitis. The ting wey dey pain pass be say the fatality rate from this virus fit reach as high as 75%!
Experts talk say this virus mostly dey come from bats, and e fit enter human body through direct contact or contaminated food. Na so dem dey give warning make people no dey chop fruits wey bats don touch or get close to sick animals.
For this recent outbreak, dem don find out say the nurses catch the virus while dem dey treat one patient wey get serious respiratory problem. After the patient die, na im cases don begin show for health workers. Dis one don raise serious alarm for the health sector as people dey fear for their safety.
The state health ministry don begin take action, dey run tests and dey quarantine those wey don get contact. Around 180 people don dey tested and 20 high-risk contacts don dey vomit under observation.
Health officials don dey do everything possible make sure say di virus no spread. Dem dey encourage people to wash their hands regularly and avoid close contact with those wey sick. Na serious matter no be joke o!
As dem dey try tackle dis outbreak, many people don dey look up to government agencies to do everything wey dem fit to control the spread of this NiV. According to WHO, dem don classify Nipah virus as zoonotic pathogen wey fit dey transferred from animals to humans. Dis one fit carry serious economic and health implications, as we don see for previous outbreaks.
Na real gbege wey dey happen, but no be time for panic, make we dey follow the health guidelines wey dem dey give and take extra precautions. Abeg, make everybody dey alert!
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