2024-01-15 06:53:02
Foreign media reported the discovery of a new cross-species infectious disease in Thai bats. In the cave where farmers collect dung and fish to make fertilizer. While British scientists Emphasize that this is evidence of COVID-19. Originated from nature
Issara News Agency (www.isranews.org) News reports about the COVID-19 virus. that has links with Thailand that the Indo-Asian News Service or IANS of India has reported that the results of the discovery of the latest bat virus in Thailand have the potential to cross-infection with humans. This has caused concern that there may be transmission of the disease from animals to humans in Thailand.
The group that discovered the infection was the EcoHealth Alliance epidemic prevention organization from the United States. The organization is headed by Dr. Peter Dasak, who claims to have discovered a previously undiscovered virus from a cave in Thailand. Local farmers often come to collect bat droppings to use as fertilizer.
This is during the World Health Organization event. Dr. Dasak said: “We encountered a lot of SARS-related coronaviruses. But one of them is very common in bats that people come into contact with.”
Dr. Dasak added that “We consider this to be a pathogen that may have originated from an animal. Here we have a virus in bats. In a cave where people come into contact with bat droppings And this virus is secreted in bat droppings. So it has real potential to cause disease.”
Dr. Dazak is a British scientist who has consistently rejected the theory that the Covid virus came from leaks from a lab and insisted that the coronavirus has a natural origin.
Although there is some debate about the origins of the virus, But the discovery of a new bat virus underscores the continued importance of understanding and tracking potential future sources of zoonotic disease.
The discovery of the new bat virus comes amid a surge in coronavirus cases around the world. The number of people admitted to hospital increased 42% in 50 countries.
The increase is due to the omicron JN.1 strain of Covid, which was first discovered in France in September. This strain accounted for about 60% of early new infections. month Jan. as reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
While WHO has come out to define the sub-species of Covid. JN.1, which is part of the Omicron subspecies BA.2.86, is considered a species that requires attention. Because it is spreading rapidly But it is still considered a relatively low public health risk.
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