Woman dies ‘bleeding from nose, gums and vagina’ after catching Oropouche virus as cases ‘silently surge’

BRAZIL has recorded the world’s first Oropouche virus deaths, with two young women dying of the illness.

The women aged 21 and 24 from the Bahia state in the northeast of the country, had no underlying health issues, according to a pre-print study which has not yet been peer-reviewed.

They each developed symptoms “remarkably similar to a severe dengue fever”...