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France confirmed its first human case of the Shamonda virus, which typically affects cattle. Health authorities stated there is no risk to the general population.
French health authorities confirmed the first known human infection with the Shamonda virus. The case involved a severely immunocompromised patient who died in early October. The virus, typically found in cattle, had not previously been considered transmissible to humans. Officials stated this was an exceptional occurrence and posed no risk to the general population.
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“The French health authorities said that the human infection appeared to be ‘an exceptional case involving a severely immunocompromised patient’.”How each side headlined it
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Left: Left-leaning sources report on the first human case of the Shamonda virus in France, noting the death of a patient and posing the question of what the virus is.
Center: Centrist sources report that France has confirmed its first human case of the Shamonda virus, emphasizing that it is an exceptional case involving a severely immunocompromised patient and poses no public health risk.
Right: Right-leaning sources report France's confirmation of the first human case of the Shamonda virus following a patient's death, specifying it occurred in an exceptional case involving a severely immunocompromised individual.
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Investigations under way to determine whether virus normally found in livestock contributed to man’s deathA man in France has become the first human known to have contracted Shamonda virus, with...
The French health authorities said that the human infection appeared to be "an exceptional case involving a severely immunocompromised patient".
The virus had until now been considered non-transmissible to humans.
The disease, which usually affects cattle, has been identified in a patient who died in early October.
Authorities said this is “an exceptional case” and that there is “no health risk for the general population.”
France has reported the first-ever recorded case of a human contracting the Shamonda livestock virus, which is most commonly found in cattle.
France has reported the first known human case of Shamonda virus in a patient who died, raising questions about the risks posed by a livestock virus that has reached Europe this year...
Death came in 'exceptional case involving severely immunocompromised patient,' says Health Ministry
A patient died in France after contracting Shamonda virus, a pathogen never previously documented in humans, the authorities say Read Full Article at RT.com
WHO chief says agency is working with French authorities to determine how the patient contracted the animal-associated virus
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