CDO Health Office, iginiit na walang kaso ng Nipah virus sa lungsod;
DOH, nilinaw na hindi sintomas ng Nipah virus ang naranasan ng ilang estudyante sa CDO
DOH, nilinaw na hindi sintomas ng Nipah virus ang naranasan ng ilang estudyante sa CDO
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00:00 The Oras City Health Office has denied the existence of a Nipah virus case in their area.
00:05 The Department of Health has also clarified that the students in the province did not experience a Nipah virus.
00:12 Noel Talacay has the details.
00:14 As of now, there is no Nipah virus case in our country this year.
00:24 This is the clarification of the Health Department regarding the fake news that the Nipah virus case in Cagayan de Oro City has spread.
00:33 The Cagayan de Oro City Health Office immediately clarified the issue.
00:38 According to their social media post, Dr. Raquel Dilla, the health officer of the said province,
00:45 they have not reported a case of Nipah virus in their province, except for those who spread it on social media.
00:53 The Department of Health immediately responded.
00:57 The media reported that there is a possibility of an outbreak of Nipah in Cagayan de Oro.
01:08 They reported that it was spread by students.
01:14 She also clarified that the students in Cagayan de Oro City did not experience a Nipah virus.
01:24 One who will be infected will have a fever, headache, and because of the brain swelling,
01:33 it will lead to delirium, disorientation, and loss of consciousness or becoming comatose.
01:43 The Nipah virus has not changed in the country because it was reported in 2014 when it started in fruit bats.
01:52 It was transmitted to horses because of the contaminated food according to the former health secretary and now,
02:01 the current representative, Janet Garin.
02:04 According to the DOH, the Bureau of Animals Industry will conduct a separate study here
02:12 because of the possible animal transmission of the virus.
02:16 Aside from 2014, the Department of Health and the Bureau of Animal Industry
02:28 have already conducted an investigation because of an outbreak in a town in Sultan Kudarat.
02:34 But how can the virus be transmitted to humans?
02:39 The virus that has been reported is a fruit bat.
02:44 They say that the virus is transmitted to other animals, usually to humans.
02:51 According to the DOH, the first discovery was the Nipah virus in 1999
02:56 where it had an outbreak in pigs and humans in Malaysia and Singapore.
03:04 This year, 700 people in India have been infected by the virus.
03:10 The DOH also ordered the public not to eat double-dead meat contaminated with various microbes.
03:20 Noel Talacay for the Morning Show of the Nation, Rise and Shine, Philippines.
03:24 in the Philippines.