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An Ebola-like virus is currently spreading in......you guessed it......China. It's called the "Mngl Virus" and was discovered in fruit bats.
"The newly-discovered "Mngl" virus does, in fact, share many traits with the deadly Ebola virus, including its potential to break into human cells. Ebola is a deadly viral infection that leads to profuse internal and external bleeding and can cause fatal organ failures. Until now, cases have been mostly limited to Africa, with a few isolated exceptions.
Mngl was discovered in fruit bats by Chinese and Singaporean scientists who say it has the potential to infect humans and other animals, according to a report in the New York Post. Mngl is one of at least seven filoviruses, of which four are known to be extremely pathogenic, causing severe and often fatal fevers.
China's imposition of extremely strict lockdowns on Xi'an city last month, originally presumed to be due to an outbreak of COVID-19, is now believed to be based on the discovery of "multiple community transmission chains" that included hemorrhagic fever cases in the region. The Global Times described it as a "grim and complicated epidemic situation," though it also claimed hemorrhagic fever is common in northern China states, with Shaanxi reporting hemorrhagic fever cases beginning in October."
China's imposition of extremely strict lockdowns on Xi'an city last month, originally presumed to be due to an outbreak of COVID-19, is now believed to be based on the discovery of "multiple community transmission chains" that included hemorrhagic fever cases in the region. The Global Times described it as a "grim and complicated epidemic situation," though it also claimed hemorrhagic fever is common in northern China states, with Shaanxi reporting hemorrhagic fever cases beginning in October.
"The newly-discovered "Mngl" virus does, in fact, share many traits with the deadly Ebola virus, including its potential to break into human cells. Ebola is a deadly viral infection that leads to profuse internal and external bleeding and can cause fatal organ failures. Until now, cases have been mostly limited to Africa, with a few isolated exceptions.
Mngl was discovered in fruit bats by Chinese and Singaporean scientists who say it has the potential to infect humans and other animals, according to a report in the New York Post. Mngl is one of at least seven filoviruses, of which four are known to be extremely pathogenic, causing severe and often fatal fevers.
China's imposition of extremely strict lockdowns on Xi'an city last month, originally presumed to be due to an outbreak of COVID-19, is now believed to be based on the discovery of "multiple community transmission chains" that included hemorrhagic fever cases in the region. The Global Times described it as a "grim and complicated epidemic situation," though it also claimed hemorrhagic fever is common in northern China states, with Shaanxi reporting hemorrhagic fever cases beginning in October."
China's imposition of extremely strict lockdowns on Xi'an city last month, originally presumed to be due to an outbreak of COVID-19, is now believed to be based on the discovery of "multiple community transmission chains" that included hemorrhagic fever cases in the region. The Global Times described it as a "grim and complicated epidemic situation," though it also claimed hemorrhagic fever is common in northern China states, with Shaanxi reporting hemorrhagic fever cases beginning in October.
