Seven dead, 60 infected by new infectious disease in China: Report

At least seven people have died in Anhui and East China’s Zhejiang province due to an infectious disease, the report said. A new virus borne disease caused by a tick-borne virus has killed seven people and infected 60 others in China , official media here reported on Wednesday, warning about the possibility of its human-to-human transmission.

More than 37 people in East China’s Jiangsu Province contracted with the SFTS Virus in the first half of the year. Later, 23 people were found to have been infected in East China’s Anhui province, state-run Global Times quoted media reports.

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Update by Faiza Anwar 

News Source Indian express