The French Ministries of Health and Agriculture announced the development on Thursday, describing the case as exceptional because Shamonda had never previously been detected in humans despite circulating among animals in Africa and Asia for decades.
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has dismissed a petition seeking the dissolution of a marriage that has lasted over 43 years, ruling that lack of love and mutual respect between spouses does not, on its own, constitute sufficient legal grounds for divorce.
