Painful New Virus Expected to Reach US Within Months
As the world continues to warm any number of new virus’ and infections will start to enter the mainstream of humanity and the highly contagious Chikungunya disease is one of them as it spreads quickly through the western hemisphere.
The mosquito-borne virus, which causes fever and severe joint pain, may already be in Puerto Rico, and public health officials believe it could spread to the southern US within months, Al Jazeera finds. The first case in the Americas was detected on the Caribbean island of St. Martin in December and there have now been more than 25,000 cases reported in the region.
The disease—whose name means “that which bends up” in Tanzania’s Makonde language—is painful but rarely fatal, and symptoms tend to clear up within a week or two, though some of those infected suffer recurring joint pain long after infection and there is no vaccine or treatment. Health officials say the outbreak is a “constantly evolving situation” as travelers continue to spread the virus, Global News reports. “We knew that it would spread once it got into the region,” a CDC official says. “Because humans are really the main way that this is spreading.” (More mosquito-borne woes: Malaria is reaching new heights.)
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My daughter just spent 3 weeks in Tanzania….she’s currently quarantined in the garden shed although the neighbours are starting to complain about shouts of ‘Let me out!’ through the night…
It’s for my own good dear!