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- Nipah virus is highly deadly, with a 90% fatality rate.
- It was first found in Malaysia and spread across Southeast Asia.
- Currently, there is no vaccine or cure for Nipah virus.
- Authorities have classified it as a Class 1 infectious disease.
- Disinfection efforts are ongoing around a temple where victims are buried.
- Since 1998, Nipah has killed over 220 people, mainly in India.
- It spreads from contaminated food like fruit pulp.
- After 4 to 14 days, symptoms like fever and muscle pain appear.
- Severe cases can lead to brain inflammation or coma.
- Treatment is only symptomatic, using antipyretics and anti-inflammatories.
- Nipah is considered a potential next pandemic, like COVID-19.
- It has small mutations and similar characteristics to other viruses.
- WHO views Nipah as a likely candidate for the next pandemic.
- CDC recently made Nipah infection a notifiable disease.
- They also developed a diagnostic method to prevent outbreaks.
- This is Park Jae-hoon from TV Chosun.