While the world is getting rid of the covid that has paralyzed life for more than two years, a new virus similar to the corona virus is on the scene. According to a report in the journal PLoS Pathogens, the new virus Khosta-2 has been found in bats in Russia.
Although the presence of the virus was identified in 2020, it was concluded that it was not invasive. But surgeons say new studies show the virus should be feared.
The discovery that Khost-2 not only infects humans, but also has the ability to neutralize the immunity acquired through vaccination once morest Covid.
Michael Letko, the study’s lead scientist, told Time magazine that he doesn’t want to scare anyone, but he’s not saying it’s a completely vaccine-resistant virus. These viruses can bind to human receptors. They cannot be neutralized by the current covid vaccination.
According to researchers at Washington State University, the virus falls into a subclass of coronaviruses called the respiratory virus Sarbecovirus. Therefore, the study shows that sarbecoviruses in wildlife pose a threat to global health and Covid vaccination campaigns.
However, researchers say the virus does not have the genes to cause serious problems like the Omicron variant has in humans. But it can gradually change if it mixes with the genes of the covid.
Therefore, more effective vaccines once morest sarbecovirus need to be developed to prevent another outbreak of animal-borne coronavirus.
Virologist Dr. Arinjay Banerjee tweeted.
