New Corona virus was detected in bats in China

In a new article published in the scientific journal Cell, scientists described from China that a new kolona virus is single known as HKU5-COV-2, and examined its features under laboratory conditions. “The researchers describe similar features to the SARS-COV-2 virus, which caused the global Corona epidemic that began in 2019. , The Ministry of Health’s Health Intelligence system is clear.It is important to note that the virus has been identified in a initiated study of a research group that is looking for Corona viruses in wildlife – and not due to any unusual morbidity among animals or humans.

 

Research findings

 

It was found that the new virus is capable of infecting human cells under laboratory conditions, and sharing joint characteristics with SARS-COV-2, the virus that caused the Corona epidemic: the two viruses cling to the same receptor (ACE2), when gluing human cells, and the two viruses are similar by the same enzyme ( Furin) when penetrating the cell. The virus also pastes laboratory models that simulate human organs such as respiratory and intestinal ways, indicating its seemingly wide potential in human tissue sticking.

The infection of the human cells and the imagination of the SARS-COV-2 virus may indicate the potential of the new virus to move from animals to the human population-whether it is done through direct bats from a bat, or through another animal to which the virus may pass from bats.

 

 

 

For now – the risk is limited

At the same time, the new virus seems to have been linked to the human receptor more efficiently compared to SARS-COV-2, which reduces the immediate risk of human beings. “We will also emphasize that in the past, Corona viral literature is lonely from animals, which have similar characteristics to the new virus. To viruses of this kind that humanity has purchased during a epidemic World Corona, ”the array indicates.

“After all, in other bats and in the world around the world, many corona viruses walk around with different features, some of whom have the potential to cause a morbidity in the person, given the conditions of close touch between people and living the viruses – for example, hunting wildlife, or moving the virus to live. .

The authors of the article recommend ongoing tracking similar viruses and the development of wide -term vaccines to deal with such future threats.

The information in the article is brought from a message of health intelligence system