Deadlier Than COVID-19, Langya Virus Downs 35 People In China


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Doctors have raised the alarm over a brand new deadly virus that has so far infected 35 people in China, more than two years after Wuhan hosted the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, Joe Davis reported for the UK’s Mailonline. Photo Insert: The novel virus is thought to have been passed on by shrews — small mammals from the same family as hedgehogs and moles. Langya henipavirus (LayV) was detected in 35 people in the country's eastern Henan and Shandong provinces. It belongs to a family of viruses that are known to kill up to 75% of humans in severe...