{"id":238416,"date":"2023-10-11T10:13:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T10:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=238416"},"modified":"2023-10-11T10:13:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T10:13:17","slug":"urgent-warning-as-tourists-at-tropical-hotspot-are-screened-for-killer-nipah-bat-virus-with-75-fatality-rate-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/urgent-warning-as-tourists-at-tropical-hotspot-are-screened-for-killer-nipah-bat-virus-with-75-fatality-rate-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent warning as tourists at tropical hotspot are screened for killer Nipah bat virus with 75% fatality rate | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
TOURISTS travelling to Bali will be screened for a deadly virus, health bosses have announced.<\/p>\n
Officials fear the country could face an outbreak of the killer disease \u2014 which is currently spreading in India, Bangladesh and the Philippines.<\/p>\n
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All travellers, including Brits, will have their temperatures checked at airports when arriving in the Indonesian province over fears around the Nipah virus that is spread by bats.<\/p>\n
People coming in from affected areas with any symptoms, including a raised temperature or chest infection, will be taken to hospital immediately to be checked.<\/p>\n
I Nyoman Gee Anom, Bali\u2019s chief health officer, told the Bali Sun: \u201cIn accordance with directions from the Ministry of Health we must be alert to the threat of the Nipah virus.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the airport there is a temperature detection device. If a tourist\u2019s temperature is found to be above normal, it will be followed up with an interview.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nipah virus causes an infection that attacks the brain and can cause deadly encephalitis \u2014 brain swelling.<\/p>\n It is spread by fruit bats, also known as flying foxes, pigs and humans, and is most prevalent in India and Bangladesh normally.<\/p>\n Symptoms include fever, breathing difficulties, headaches, a sore throat and vomiting.<\/p>\n There are currently no treatments or vaccines for the virus, which kills up to 75 per cent of people it infects.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The latest outbreak is mostly affecting Kerala in India, where two people have died.<\/p>\n No cases have yet been spotted in Bali, but officials are preparing a response plan if the worst should happen.<\/p>\n Anom said: \u201cEspecially for Nipah virus, a team of neurologists, surgeons, and so on have been prepared because the virus can attack the brain.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have to be careful because many Indian tourists go to Bali. I\u2019m afraid because there is a certain incubation period, maybe you don\u2019t have a fever at the airport.\u201d<\/p>\n Around 28,000 Brits travelled to Bali in August, the fifth highest influx from any country.<\/p>\n Some 13 UK tourists were booted out the country in September because of problem behaviour, under a new crackdown on westerners breaching the country\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n The Foreign Office does not currently have any new warnings in place about Brits travelling to Bali.<\/p>\n The World Health Organization has not confirmed any new cases in Kerala since September 15.<\/p>\n<\/picture>OUTBREAK <\/span><\/p>\n
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