France reports first human Shamonda virus case, says no health risk

Vanguard News | 22-10-2026 12:24pm |

French health authorities said Thursday that the Shamonda virus, which usually affects livestock, had been detected in a human for the first time, in a severely immunocompromised patient who died earlier this month. There was “no health risk to the general public identified at this time”, the health and agriculture ministries said in a joint statement. It added that the ...

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