Great.
From the Hindustan Times, August 10:
The Langya henipavirus belongs to the same family of viruses, including Nipah, which is known to kill up to three quarters of humans in severe cases.
Even as Covid-19 has not completely been wiped out and the new monkeypox outbreak has raised concerns, a new type of animal-derived virus has been reported in China. The Henipavirus - also known as ‘Langya’ henipavirus (LayV) - has so far infected 35 people in eastern China's Henan and Shandong provinces, the country's official media reported on Tuesday.
The Langya virus was found in the throat samples from febrile patients in the aforementioned provinces.
The virus hails from a family of viruses known to kill up to three quarters of human beings in case of severe infection. However, none of the fresh cases have so far resulted in fatality and most are mild, with patients suffering from flu-like symptoms.
At present, no vaccine or treatment for Langya virus is available, and the only solution is supportive care to manage complications pertaining to the zoonotic disease....
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Not to worry though.
Peter Daszak, President, EcoHealth Alliance (Nipah virus dynamics in bats and implications for spillover to humans) and Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of NIH-NIAID (NIH launches clinical trial of mRNA Nipah virus vaccine) are on it.
