The US officials have issued an unsettling warning against the rare and deadly flesh-eating parasite “New World Screwworm” which appeared in the United States after 60 years.

New World Screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax, is a deadly parasite which feeds on warm-blooded animals and the first case has been confirmed in a three-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, located roughly 30 miles from the US-Mexico border.

Taking to social media on Wednesday, the US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins confirmed the presence of New World screwworm fly, citing, “As expected,........

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