2024-07-26 18:59:50
Japan, alarm goes off for “meat-eating bug”: death rate up to 30%
Il Japanese government issued a warning about the growth in cases of a rare but special kind bacteria: To date they have exceeded more than half of last year’s count.
As reports “Il Corriere della Sera”, concerns about the spread of the syndrome streptococcal toxic shock (STSS), often named «meat-eating disease», would have pushed North Korea to cancel a soccer match with Japan that was supposed to be held in Pyongyang.
This infection, in severe cases, can cause necrosis of connective tissue that envelops the muscles, and in 2023 it is recorded death rate around 30% among infected people, a very worrying figure.
Symptoms
Tokyo authorities have urged residents to contact a doctor immediately if they experience such symptoms pain e swelling of the legs or feverrepresentative of this infection.
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