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Five medical staff trying to save emergency patients suffered from severe febrile thrombocytopenia syndrome. It is mainly infected by wild tick bites, with a mortality rate of up to 47%.

This is TBC reporter Jongwoong Lee.

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28th of last month, an 86-year-old woman went to the emergency room of Kyungpook National University Hospital with cardiac arrest at around 1 pm, and medical staff took turns performing CPR for 3 hours.

We did our best with the mind that we should only save, but unexpectedly, 13 medical staff began to show abnormal symptoms such as high fever and chills from the 4th of this month.

Although symptoms were similar to Corona 19, 5 people were found to have severe febrile thrombocytopenia syndrome and SFTS.

Of the remaining eight, four are currently negative, three are undecided, and one is being tested.

[Kim Shin-woo/ Professor of Infectious Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital: This patient had a bleeding figure. Blood splatters. Aerosol-like droplets are generated.]

Severe febrile thrombocytopenia syndrome is infected by a tick bite that carries this virus, but it can also be infected through blood and body fluids.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes that the virus would have been discharged at high concentrations, and plans to investigate by setting a wide range of exposure, including workers at the time.

It has been confirmed that there have been no additional cases of infection by patients or medical staff in the hospital who have contacted the five medical staff who have been diagnosed with severe febrile thrombocytopenia syndrome.

The fatality rate of severe febrile thrombocytopenia syndrome ranged from 12% to 47%. This year alone, 8 people were infected and 2 people died, but fortunately, 5 confirmed medical staff show mild symptoms.