The DOH said CCHF is commonly transmitted through tick bites or contact with infected animal blood, tissue, and fluids. Symptoms are treated with general supportive care, as well as the antiviral drug ribavirin. Read more👇
Citing the World Health Organization , the DOH said the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever , which is currently blighting Iraq, can cause severe viral fever.
The DOH said CCHF is commonly transmitted through tick bites or contact with infected animal blood, tissue, and fluids.ADVERTISEMENTDespite this, WHO is not recommending any restriction on travel to and trade with Iraq.The virus has no vaccine and onset can be swift, causing severe bleeding both internally and externally and especially from the nose.
They included the spread of ticks in the absence of livestock spraying campaigns during Covid in 2020 and 2021.
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