Employee in the laboratory of the Vektor State Scientific Center for Virology and Biotechnology. Archival photoMOSCOW, January 27The risks of the NeoCov coronavirus identified by Chinese scientists are potential and require further study, RIA Novosti was told at the SSC Vector. The risk of penetration into the human population of the NeoCoV coronavirus, which was previously discovered in South Africa, revealed by Chinese scientists. The preprint of the study is posted on bioRxiv. The information says that the virus needs a certain mutation to interact with the human body, now it threatens only bats. According to a published study, cases of the spread of this group of viruses should be carefully monitored, given their potential for occurrence in humans. «Specialists at the Vector Science Center are aware of the data obtained by Chinese specialists regarding the NeoCov coronavirus. At the moment, we are not talking about the emergence of a new coronavirus , ready to actively spread in the human population. The risks identified by Chinese experts are of a potential nature and require further study,» Vector noted. Invisible virus. A new branch of the «omicron» is rapidly spreading around the world
