A disease was first identified in the south of France that would kill four out of ten patients.
Ticks that transmit Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever were found on a farm in the Pyrénées-Orientales, near the border with Spain.
The Ebola-like disease is ravaging Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Balkans. It has also already been detected in some Western European countries, such as Spain.
Several experts have sounded the alarm over the spread of the virus, saying it is a matter of time before cases are recorded in the north of the continent.
The World Health Organization has listed Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever as one of nine diseases to be wary of worldwide. Transmission usually occurs through tick bites or contact with bodily fluids of an infected person.
The virus shares several symptoms with Ebola, such as body aches, abdominal pain, sore throat, fever and vomiting. Bleeding from the nose or eyes may also occur. There is no vaccine to prevent the disease.
The French health service recommends that the population wear closed shoes and long, light-colored clothing when walking in nature, avoid walking in tall grass, use skin protection products and examine themselves after returning from work. a walk in the woods to remove ticks, protect your skin in the event of a bite, and monitor your general condition in the month following exposure.
According to the Chron