Scientists Bring Bad News, New Corona Virus Wait for Time!

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Analysts of the world’s infectious diseases began to provide news about a new threat regarding the potential for a new pandemic to come in the future. These challenges arise with the possibility of transmission of the virus from humans to animals.

Quoting The Star , Professor Wang Linfa from the Duke-NUS Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) program said that this phenomenon called reverse-zoonosis needs to be watched out for. This is because transmission like this can give rise to a new SARS-CoV-3 virus, which will emerge after Covid-19 or SARS-CoV-2.

” What happened next was massive human transmission… But what surprised us was that this virus could easily pass from humans back to animals,” said Prof Wang, quoted Wednesday (6/10/2021).

There have been several reports of pets contracting the coronavirus from their owners, but so far there is no evidence of animal-to-owner transmission.

“It would be worrying if humans could infect new hosts, such as bats in the Americas which are not natural reservoirs of the virus,” he added. Then, he also mentioned that if a virus is transmitted from humans to bats, the virus will immediately be transmitted to other humans.

“Bats have a very unique immune system because they can defend themselves n viruses without developing disease. However, the virus can still mutate and transmit to Animal X, Y, or Z. So when the mutated virus enters Animal X, Y, Z and reaches humans, that’s where we get Disease X, Y, Z or Sars -CoV-3.”

“When we jump more or attack other species, the virus will change more. One of these new viruses could then become SARS-Cov-3,” he added. These are research and risk mitigation, early warning stages, as well as vaccine and therapeutic development. do not have a “crystal ball” to determine whether a particular virus that surrounds animals is ready to attack humans,” he said.

“Therefore, to prevent a pandemic , scientists need to work with government agencies and international funding agencies to conduct risk assessments and prepare precautions to prevent spread.”

(hoi/hoi)