{"id":42872,"date":"2023-12-16T18:29:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pieroselvaggio.com\/?p=42872"},"modified":"2023-12-16T18:29:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:29:31","slug":"world-at-high-risk-of-deadly-flesh-eating-anthrax-virus-claim-panicked-docs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pieroselvaggio.com\/2023\/12\/16\/world-at-high-risk-of-deadly-flesh-eating-anthrax-virus-claim-panicked-docs\/","title":{"rendered":"World at ‘high risk’ of deadly flesh-eating Anthrax virus, claim panicked docs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    The world is at \u201chigh risk\u201d of the deadly flesh-eating virus known as Anthrax, at top medical expert has warned.<\/p>\n

    Earlier this week, the Daily Star reported how Anthrax, first spotted in 1752, had already made its way to Europe after causing chaos in Zambia \u2013 with the virus detected in 684 people as of November 20. Of those cases, four deaths had also been reported, and it had been seen in nine of the country's 10 provinces.<\/p>\n

    Then, just days later, the World Health Organization (WHO) said 20 people have died as a result of the virus in the last month, and it had spread to four other countries \u2013 Kenya, Malawi, Uganda and Zimbabwe. The bulk of the deaths have been reported in Uganda, with 13. It has already been seen in Europe, after three cases were discovered in Romania in August, but they are no longer thought to be ongoing.<\/p>\n

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    But now, a leading medical expert has said that the rest of the world is at high risk of contracting the virus.<\/p>\n

    Professor Willem van Schaik, Director of the Institute of Microbiology and Infection at the University of Birmingham told the Telegraph there was \u201chigh risk\u201d of more transmissions, and that outbreaks were \u201cfar larger than usual\u201d. And Professor Brendan Wren, Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine concurred.<\/p>\n

    He said: \u201cThis is concerning because it\u2019s spreading, and the numbers are higher than they\u2019ve been for a while. It\u2019s a case of education, humans need to be taught not to handle wild animals, or eat them, if they can avoid it.\u201d <\/p>\n

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