The drug-resistant virus has appeared on the Olympic coast in Brazil

Scientists say the drug-resistant virus is now out of the world of hospitals, which are often found.

Especially dangerous, it has appeared at the seaside to host underwater competitions at the Olympic Games in Brazil this year.

Along with that, drug-resistant virus is also found in a coastal lagoon area that will be rowing and canoeing.

At the end of 2014, there was a study published that showed that the drug-resistant virus, the bacterium that was classified by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as an emergency risk to public health and export. currently in one of the beaches on Guanabara Bay. It is also the venue for a rowing and windsurfing competition in the Rio Olympics this August.

In one of the latest two studies, the drug-resistant bacterium has emerged in five of the major beaches in Rio. These are Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon, Botafogo vaf Flamengo beaches.

The second new study will be published next month in the American Journal of Microbiology, which revealed the genes of the drug-resistant virus in the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon in the heart of Rio. Water from this lagoon also poured into Guanabara Bay.

Drug resistant bacteria were discovered on many beaches of the city of Rio de Janeiro.(Photo: Reuters).

According to records, waste from countless hospitals and hundreds of thousands of households has poured into the system of rivers and canals in the Rio city, making over the years the type of resistant virus has been from diseases Institute spreads to surrounding areas.

Researchers say this is the result of poor sanitation and low standards of medical wastewater and domestic wastewater in most developing countries.

In Brazil, it is estimated that up to 2/3 of human waste, medical waste, unprocessed waste is discharged into rivers, streams, lagoons .

In the US, drug-resistant bacteria are considered to be an emergency risk to public health , because the bacteria can cause difficulties in treating urinary diseases, digestion, lungs, or blood infections. meningitis.

Scientists believe that the danger that people face when they are infected with the virus depends on their health status and their immune system. Viruses can enter the body, lie dormant and flare when the health of an infected person is weakened by illness or other reasons.

The virus not only affects humans but also harms other harmless bacteria, turning them into drug-resistant viruses. Meanwhile, genes of resistant bacteria in the water are also potentially harmful. If they are swallowed by other bacteria, they will grow and turn the host into a drug-resistant virus. The emergence of the virus shows that the area used to have drug-resistant bacteria or humans has not yet found the drug-resistant bacteria hiding in the environment.