New disease named ‘Disease X’ could be more fatal say scientists
A new disease has been discovered in the DRC, which could be more fatal than COVID-19
Kathmandu, January 7. A new disease that has been named ‘Disease X’ is discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The disease gives people hemorrhagic fever and has death rates similar to that of Ebola.
The World Health Organization(WHO) has named the disease as ‘Disease X’, where ‘X’ means unexpected.
Scientists have said that the new disease could be more contagious than COVID-19 and that this could be one of the deadly viruses that have emerged from the African tropical rainforests.
In an article in the Deccan Herald, Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, the scientist who helped discover the Ebola virus in 1976 has said, “If a pathogen emerged from Africa, it will take time to spread all over the world. So, if this virus is detected early — like in my institution here — there will be opportunity for Europe and the rest of the world] to develop new strategies to fight these new pathogens.”
He has warned that many diseases could jump from animal to humans which included COVID-19, yellow fever and rabies. He has also stated that we are now living in a world where pathogens will come out, posing a threat to humanity.
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