African Flu

The African flu, sometimes called the Yellow Fever or the African Fever, was a virus that appeared in East Africa during the African Wars, which was first ever mentioned in an official paper during the Second African war by Colombian military personnel operating in the region.
The virus is thought to have originated from a transmission of a previous existing virus from a work animal into humans. The main hypotesized species include west african white pigs or southern cows.

Discovery

The virus was first given a name on a report in 2012, when it was mentioned as a unusual series of sympthoms observed in 2 servicemen by a Colombian officer. The 2 men were soon isolated while everyone else in the base was told to adopt precautions. All operations within the unit were postponed too. After some days, a total of 22 servicemen from the unit were already showing first sympthoms, as the entire unit was put under quarantine and locals were told to adopt precautions as well.
First official response to the virus happened 24 days after it was first mentioned in the original report. This first response team included the deployment of a flotilla leaded by ARC Cubagua to a port 22km from the unit's base of operations, as well as several emergency supplies being delivered to the location.
The first recorded death by the virus was Captain Carlos Hernández, which would be the sole victim of the virus in the entire unit. Facemasks were soon delivered, and after a short period of quarantine, all men were put out of he quarantine and asked to use masks day round.
However, despite efforts made by the Colombian authorities and military personnel, efforts to stop the virus were rendered useless as locals would often cough on, or hug each other without any precautions.

Vaccine and recovery

Because of rapid response by the Colombian authorities, the virus was quickly identified and a vaccine was quickly developed too, being distributed less than 3 months after the first contact. Efforts in combating the virus would prove effective as no contacts were ever found in the new world.
Despite all efforts in Africam, however, the virus would ultimately spread to a big sector of western and southern Africa, with estimates setting the deah count to between 8 and 24 million people dying because of the virus directly or indirectly.

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Type

Viral

Origin

Natural

Cycle

Short-term