The Nipah or NiV virus, first identified in Malaysia in 1999, has symptoms similar to the flu as well as the coronavirus. Reported by “KP”.
It turned out that the signs of the Nipah virus are fever, sore throat, headache, muscle pain, nausea. Most often, the virus infects the lungs and the brain. Patients develop dizziness and confusion. In addition, acute encephalitis may develop.
As the newspaper writes, the incubation period of infection is from 4 to 45 days. There are no vaccines or antiviral drugs to treat the disease. In addition, the virus is more deadly compared to COVID-19.
In most cases known to date, people were infected from animals. In Malaysia, people got infected from sick pigs. In Bangladesh and India, fruits and fruit products were the most likely source of infection. There are also known cases of person-to-person transmission of the Nipah virus. It is noted that this happened “in close contact”.
Earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the Nipah or NiV virus could cause a new pandemic. The mortality rate from the virus is 40-75 percent. The disease can be asymptomatic or cause fatal encephalitis. There is no cure.