The corona virus wreaked such havoc in the world that people remained hostage in their homes for two years. Due to the epidemic, the industries and businesses of the people were destroyed and the economy of the whole world was ruined. But, it seems that this infection can now wreak havoc on humans through animals.
Yes, many scientists are worried that the next corona variant may spread through animals, not humans. Now, researchers are monitoring animals to identify any new pandemic-causing viruses and to try to identify the next COVID-19 variants.
“There are hundreds of thousands of coronaviruses in many animal species,” said Dr. Jeff Taubenberger, deputy chief of the infectious diseases laboratory at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), as quoted by ABC News.
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Scientists have suggested that the corona virus has infected minks, hamsters. At the same time, in North America, it has infected wild white-tailed deer. And as it infects more species, it continues to evolve. Now researchers are wondering whether it can infiltrate more species and then return to humans, potentially bringing about new and dangerous COVID variants.
Scientists said that if the virus is able to infect other species, it would develop differently. Tubenberger said it could give us a variant that is very different. To prevent such infections, experts are now focusing on developing a corona vaccine for animals.
In this sequence, a researcher in South Australia has developed a coronavirus vaccine for animals, which will soon be tested on pets. Flinders University professor Nikolai Petrovsky and veterinarian Sam Kovac are also involved in making the Kovax-19 vaccine for animals, reports Xinhua news agency.
Developed by Petrovsky, Kovax-19 has been delivered to millions of people in Iran and is awaiting human approval in Australia. Kovac’s three dogs will be among 25 pets that will take part in the vaccine trials.
He told News Corp Australia on Friday that the great thing is that being based on human vaccine technology where more than 6 million doses have been given safely, we can be sure that it is very safe even for pets. .
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