The World Health Organization issued an urgent warning to 1.2 million soccer fans, who gathered in the Qatari capital, Doha, to participate in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, of the expected spread of camel flu in the World Cup, which is one of the variants of the Corona virus. the latest, according to The Times.
A new virus outbreak in the 2022 FIFA World Cup
It is noteworthy that Qatar is now witnessing the largest sporting event around the world in football, where millions of people from around the world gather to see events and matches between 32 teams from around the world, and in conjunction with that, the World Organization directed fans to take full care regarding the risk of spreading beauty flu, which is known Also in the name of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, which is mostly found in Middle Eastern countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Yemen, which is a deadly viral disease, killing up to a third of those infected with it.
According to a new study published in the medical journal New Virus, it is said that the new influenza is one of the eight expected damages to infection in the World Cup, including the Covid 19 epidemic and monkeypox. Damages to players, teams, fans and the local population.
What is camel flu?
Camel influenza is an infectious and highly dangerous respiratory flu that is transmitted due to direct contact with an infected person. This disease was first announced in 2012 in the countries of the Middle East, and it is also widespread in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Yemen and the Gulf countries, but also cases were reported in Europe following their travel to Middle Eastern countries.
Signs of the disease are:
- Cough and sore throat
- Runny nose and cold
- Muscle and joint pain
- High temperature
- hard breathing
- nausea
- Diarrhea in a number of cases
- Pneumonia or lung infection
How do we prevent the outbreak of camel virus?
So if you are in Qatar or planning to watch the competitions, you should be very careful, and to protect once morest disease, wear a mask while you are in large gatherings and in the stadium, use sterilizers that contain alcohol to sterilize your hands and the surfaces that are touched in the stadium, and you should also avoid touching Your eyes, ears, and nose. Don’t share food, drink, or utensils with anyone.
It is worth noting that the World Health Organization has decided to change the name of monkeypox to (mbox), following receiving complaints regarding the current name suggesting (racism and stigma), and the organization noted in a statement: “The two terms will be used at the same time for a year. Before phasing out the name monkeypox.
It is noteworthy that the World Health Organization has started several months ago consultations in order to choose a new name for the disease, and received more than 200 proposals. The World Health Organization noted that experts have settled on the name (mbox), for ease of pronunciation, along with other criteria.
It is worth noting that the Mbox virus (monkeypox) was discovered in 1958 and named following the first animal on which signs appeared, and its outbreak was concentrated in West and Central Africa until this year, and regarding 100 countries in which Mbox is not endemic reported the spread of Viral disease.
He also knows that the World Health Organization has a mandate to put new names for well-known diseases, and generally seeks to distance any disease or virus from being associated with a country, region, animal or ethnic group.
