The world's first death from the Oz virus was recorded in Japan

The Ministry of Health of Japan was the first in the world to record cases of infection and death from the Oz virus among people. NHK reported about it. The victim of the virus is a 70-year-old resident of Ibaraki Prefecture, who died a year ago. At that time, doctors diagnosed her with an ischemic stroke, but later it was found that the woman was actually infected with the Oz virus. The first symptoms of the virus are weakness, fever and loss of appetite. The woman was hospitalized, and a blood test was taken from her. As a result, a decrease in the level of platelets, liver damage and acute inflammation were detected. Doctors also found tick bites on his body. The Oz virus was first detected in Japan in 2018. It can be transmitted by tick bites, but no cases of transmission to humans have been reported. At the same time, according to doctors, antibodies against the virus were detected in two hunters earlier.