France will play the World Cup final in Qatar In front of Leo Messi’s Argentina after winning 2-0 at Morocco. In the match, Didier Deschamps can’t count on two headlines: upamecano Y crazy. The reason is a mysterious disease known as ‘camel flu‘.

Also, kingsley coman He also couldn’t play because of a feverish process. This is how they named this virus the middle East, which is a member of the coronavirus family. “Physicians and public health teams should be especially alert to the possibility of MERS in travelers returning from the World Cup,” it notes British Health Safety Agency.

“The risk of infection for UK residents is very low, but may be higher for people who are exposed risk factor area specific, eg camel“, pointed out the real agency, asking his country’s doctors to monitor the people who came Qatar with symptoms such as fever, vomiting, cough or diarrhea, among others.

As pointed out by Australian Ministry of Healththe virus can spreadthrough close contact with camels carrying the virus or an infected person, or on consuming raw camel meat or raw camel milk“. It can also be transmitted from person to person.

This virus is also known as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome and it dwas first discovered in 2012 in Saudi Arabia. This is a rare but serious respiratory disease, and with a high mortality rate. According to WHO, 35% of people suffering from this disease have lost their lives.

Later, it has spread to other countries in Africa, Middle East and Asia. Studies show that you can catch the virus “by direct or indirect contact with infected dromedaries and has been proven to have human-to-human transmission capacity“.

Virus, is being studied

National Focal Point for MERS in Qatar is studying the virus, after two cases were detected in March and April this year, one of which was fatal.

The disease has not been detected in the Arab country since February 2020. The two infected people had contact with dromedaries and consumed raw milk from the animals in the 14 days before showing symptoms.

It’s because of this virus France he had up to three absences for the semifinals. Defeats have been frequent for the French team since before the start of the World Cup, because due to injury they could not be called up Karim BenzemaPaul Pogba, N’Golo Kanté or Presnel Kimpembe.