China's first Rift Valley Fever patient is still in hospital. In an interview with CCTVNEWS, Chinese disease control experts have confirmed there is no risk that the disease will spread.

Beijing's Ditan Hospital has been treating China's first Rift Valley Fever patient for almost a week. Authorities say the 45-year-old man caught the disease in Angola, where he worked for two years as a truck driver. When he returned to Beijing on July 21st, he was immediately quarantined for treatment.

"He got a fever and headache on July 14th, and was treated in Angola for five or six days for yellow fever, but his symptoms got worse," said Ni Daxin, deputy director of Public Health Emergency Center, China CDC. 

"Most patients don't show symptoms, if they do they are very minor. Less than 10 percent might have eye or head problems. This patient had liver and kidney problems, a serious condition but he is generally stable at the moment."

Rift Valley Fever was first identified in 1931 in sheep roaming Kenya's Rift Valley. So far over 30 countries have reported cases of the disaese,  mostly in Eastern and Southern Africa. Some Asian countries, Saudi Arabia and Yemen also reported cases back in 2000.

Experts say no human to human infections have been reported. But people should be careful around animals.

"Animals like cows, sheep and camels can easily infect people. People can get infected just by touching an infected animal. People can also get infected by eating the meat or drinking the milk of an infected animal, if it is not fully cooked. The disease can also be spread by mosquitoes," said Li Dexin, researcher of Chinese Center for Disease Control & Prevention.
 
Mosquitos - the infamous carriers of Dengi, Yellow Fever and the Zika virus. So far, there is no special treatment or vaccine for Rift Valley Fever.

Disease control authorities say this single Rift Valley Fever case doesn't pose a risk to people in China. But they warn travelers to take precautions.