HEALTH

Covid-19-like virus discovered in bats in Russia

A team of researchers in Russia has discovered a new Covid-19-like virus from bats.

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Coming from bats and called Khosta-2 is the new virus that could potentially infect human cells
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New respiratory virus comes from bats and has been found in Sochi National Park in Russia
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This virus has been able to infect human cells through the spike protein that attaches to receptors of angiotensin-converting enzyme. The problem highlighted by experts is its resistance to monoclonal antibodies and vaccines developed so far against Covid-19.
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Research teams are working to make a vaccine that can also protect against sarbecovirus, not just the upcoming Sars-Cov-2 variant.
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This is because many of the current vaccines are designed for specific viruses; the list is constantly evolving, and we need to keep working on vaccines to protect us from all sarbecoviruses.
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