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Another virus has emerged in China – Hantavirus

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"173035871"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">So most probably you are currently either working from home&comma; reading the news and looking at memes while also thinking what to do next in this emergency which was declared by our president Mr&period;Trump due to the Coronavirus pandemic&period;<br>If you are not living under a rock and have been actually active on social media&comma; especially Twitter right now&comma; it is easily visible that &num;hantavirus is trending&period; Mainly because a person has lost his life as per the news mentioned by the China-backed news portal Global times&period;<br>The mentioned media channel also said that the person who was from Yunnan Province died while he was on his way back to Shandong Province on a chartered bus&period; On Monday&comma; 32 people who were on the same bus that time have also been tested but their test results were not disclosed&period; Some people are panicking over Hantavirus&comma; and we will tell you why not to&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention &lpar;CDC&rpar; has mentioned in its Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome &lpar;HPS&rpar; document that Hantavirus is mainly carried on by Rodents&period; It can transfer from rodent to human in rare cases when it can be transferred through contacts such as saliva&comma; urine&comma; feces&comma; and even the bite&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><br>CDC has also made it clear that Hantavirus that it is not a virus that has originated in China&period; Instead&comma; it is a virus that belongs to rodents only&period; The best way to protect you and your family is to keep mice and rats out of your home and&comma; of course&comma; necessary sanitization like washing your hands&comma; cleaning the household&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><br>It is also necessary to note that since Hantavirus is airborne&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Do not sweep or vacuum up mouse or rat urine&comma; droppings&comma; or nests&period; This will cause virus particles to go into the air&comma; where they can be breathed in&period;”CDC Document says&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><br>Another thing to note is that if people get HPS has mentioned that people will feel sick after 1 to 5 weeks post the contact with the rodent who has carried the HantaVirus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><br>People with HPS Can have Fever&comma; Severe muscle aches and Fatigue at first&period;CDC that the mentioned people who are infected with Hantavirus will have a hard time breathing&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Sometimes people will have headaches&comma; dizziness&comma; chills&comma; nausea&comma; vomiting&comma; diarrhea&comma; and stomach pain&period; Usually&comma; people do not have a runny nose&comma; sore throat&comma; or a rash&period;”<br>The CDC document about hantavirus mentions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><br>At the time of writing this article&comma; there have been 402&comma;159 cases of Covid-19 worldwide and 17&comma;507 deaths&comma; Which is as scary as it sounds with Italy currently being a major epicenter for the virus right now&period; Scientists around the world are spending all their time and resources trying to find a cure for the current ongoing pandemic&semi; Doctors are also working sleepless during the mentioned term&period; You are also literally saving the world by being at home&comma; and that’s the best thing you can do right now&period;<br>Stay safe&comma; Stay Clean and don’t panic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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