Man dies after contracting lethal ‘bleeding eyes’ disease from tick bite
CCHF is a disease caused by a tickborne virus (Picture: Getty)
A man was killed in Spain by an ‘Ebola-like’ virus – which has a fatality rate of up to 40% – and does not have a vaccine against it.
The 74-year-old died on Saturday in a hospital near Madrid after being diagnosed with Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF).
It is a disease caused by a tickborne virus, categorised as a ‘priority disease’ on a list by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The victim was admitted...
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