Hello. Just to clarify, there is currently no nipah outbreak in China. We were merely saying that emerging infectious diseases like Nipah, Chikungunya, etc can outbreak any time. And if it affects large countries like China, it can be catastrophic. EIDs have pandemic potential. — Jayasree Iyer (@JayasreeKIyer) January 31, 2021
Hello. Just to clarify, there is currently no nipah outbreak in China. We were merely saying that emerging infectious diseases like Nipah, Chikungunya, etc can outbreak any time. And if it affects large countries like China, it can be catastrophic. EIDs have pandemic potential.
I've taken the reference to China out of the article and made clear that Jay talked about it in general in a note at the bottom of the piece. She did mention China to me but it looks to have been a misunderstanding. — Julia Kollewe (@JuliaKollewe) January 31, 2021
I've taken the reference to China out of the article and made clear that Jay talked about it in general in a note at the bottom of the piece. She did mention China to me but it looks to have been a misunderstanding.