Doctors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have come across a woman, who shows early symptoms of hemorrhagic fever. The patient has already undergone a test for Ebola.
The doctor, Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, had in 1976 helped discover the Ebola and has now said humanity faces an unknown number of new viruses. There are new and potentially fatal viruses emerging from Africa's tropical rainforests, he has said.
According to him, humanity must beware since more deadly diseases are likely to be discovered in the near future. He said that the 'Disease X' is hypothetical, but could be deadly and might lead to another pandemic, wreaking havoc all around the world. Tamfum also said that there are new and potentially fatal viruses emerging from Africa's tropical rainforests,
Professor Muyembe took the first blood samples from the victims of a mysterious disease, later named Ebola when he was a young researcher. The disease caused hemorrhages and killed about 88 percent of patients and 80 percent of the staff who were working at the Yambuku Mission Hospital when it was first discovered.
More diseases can spread from animals to humans and have the potential to threaten life. Speaking of such incidences that have occurred in the past, the scientist said that diseases such as yellow fever, influenza, rabies, and even COVID-19 seem to have jumped from animals into humans, and led to outbreaks – causing epidemics or pandemics. He further said that future pandemics could be worse than COVID-19.
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