Social media abuzz after China reports one death due to Hantavirus

While the world is plagued by Coronavirus, there has been a case of death due to Hanta Virus. According to reports, a person has died in China due to this virus. People are also doing a lot of research about this virus on social media.

Due to the outbreak of Corona virus in the whole world, there is already a stir. There is a news that a person died in the Chinese province of Yunnan on Monday after being infected with the Hanta virus.

It is being told that the victim was going to Shandong province for work. The other 32 people aboard the bus have also been investigated. A report quoted by the Chinese state newspaper Global Times said that social media has created a ruckus after informing about the incident.

Fearing new virus, people are talking about prevention efforts before it becomes an epidemic. Many users say that if people do not stop eating animals in China, then such viruses will always be a threat to human life.

What is Hanta virus?

Hanta virus is not fatal on a level like corona virus. Experts believe that it does not spread by person to person contact like corona. Along with this, it infects the human coming in contact with the rat or squirrel.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, mice are at risk of Hanta virus infection. If a healthy person also comes in contact with Hanta virus, then there is a risk of getting infected.

Although the hanta virus does not pass from one person to another, if a person touches his eyes, nose and mouth after touching the feces, urine etc. of mice, then there is a risk of getting infected with this virus.

This can cause fever, headache, body pain, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea to the infected person. When the infected person with such symptoms is delayed in treatment, the lungs get filled with water, which causes him to have trouble breathing.

Is the virus really deadly?

Hanta virus is deadly. According to the CDC, 38 percent of patients infected with it die. This case of Hanta virus has come to light in China at a time when Coronavirus is already showing its outbreak in the whole world.

The United Nations has already declared Corona a global pandemic. So far, more than 16 thousand people have died worldwide due to coronavirus. More than 3 lakh 82 thousand people have been infected all over the world. The coronavirus has spread to 196 countries.