2023-10-04 08:50:00
The Pasteur Institute meets “every two weeks” to anticipate a global epidemic.
The Covid still circulating. And even though a call to vaccination of the most fragile was launched by the Minister of Health Aurélien Rousseauhere is that one new virus worry himInstitute Pasteur. And for good reason, there is no vaccine, no treatment and “it kills in 40 to 75% of cases” according to Europe 1. Her Name: Nipah.
4th epidemic in India
Still according to our colleagues, Nipah is a virus that comes from bats, which is transmitted from human to human and which causes fever, respiratory problems, and even inflammation of the brain. A virus whose effects have already been recorded since India is currently suffering “its 4th epidemic in 5 years”.
“We must monitor this virus like milk on fire”, warns Jean-Claude Manuguerra, head of the emergency biological intervention unit at the Pasteur Institute, to our colleagues. According to him, the Pasteur Institute is already meeting “every fifteen days” in order to anticipate a global epidemic.
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