A deadly virus is currently sweeping its way across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and is predicted to be heading towards British shores, according to experts.
Spreading through ticks, CCHF is caused by Nairovirus, and as reported by the World Health Organisation , has a fatality rate of between 10 and 40 per cent. CCHF is feared to be spreading out of its typical territories and heading towards the UK and France, due to climate change. In documented outbreaks of CCHF, fatality rates in patients who have been hospitalised ranged from nine person to as high as 50 per cent.
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