The world is still grappling with the coronavirus, a diseasethat has infected more than 18 million people and claimed the lives of approximately700,000people globally. China, the epicenter of the cornonavirus has now reported a new"tick borne virus" that has reportedly claimed the lives of 7 andinfected 60 people. A woman from Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu, who suffered fromthe virus showed onset of symptoms such as fever, coughing. Doctors found adecline of leukocyte, blood platelet inside of her body.
Chinese officials have now reportedly warned about apossibility of human transmission.
If this does happen to be the case then it could turn out tobe a major blow that could completely cripple the world that is barely tryingto recover from an already prevalent global pandemic.
More than 37 people in East China’s Jiangsu Provincecontracted with the SFTS Virus in the first half of the year. Later, 23 peoplewere found to have been infected in East China’s Anhui province.
It now remains to be seen how the Chinese authority tacklesthis "tick borne virus".