Detection of Tamiflu resistant virus

Japanese researchers on April 4 said they have found a virus resistant to the Tamiflu drug from type B flu and the virus is capable of spreading from person to person. This is the first time a Tamiflu-resistant virus has been confirmed to spread from person to person.

According to scientists, this virus has not yet affected the current treatment of influenza but is likely to have an impact in the future, thus needing to be closely monitored.

On the same day, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan published a report saying there were a total of 128 people, mostly teenagers - with abnormalities with neurological disorders. after taking Tamiflu.

Of these, 8 people, including 5 teenagers and 3 older people (about 90 years of age), have died due to jumping from a building or other unusual actions. Tamiflu is sold in Japan from February 2001 to March 21, 2007. Earlier, the ministry also warned that taking Tamiflu could lead to "unusual behavior" after receiving two teenage boys who died after taking the drug.

Although Switzerland's Roche Pharmaceutical Company dismissed the link between the deaths of these two teenagers and Tamiflu, Japanese experts did not rule out this possibility.

Tamiflu medicine (Photo: Tamiflu-direct.com, TTO)