NeoCoV is thought to be related to a new form of corona virus.
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NeoCov, a virus discovered in South Africa, has been present for a long time and is not new, but it has been the subject of much controversy in recent years. According to studies, NeoCov is linked to the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) or an epidemic virus that was found and spread from 2012 to 2015.
Scientists in China have warned that the virus, which is also one of these coronaviruses, poses a risk of mortality and has a high transmission rate.
According to Sputnik, NeoCoV is identical to a new strain of corona virus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes Covid-19 infection and has become a global epidemic since 2020. According to a recent research published on the bioRxiv website, the virus discovered in this bat population infects through multiple forms of bat angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and human ACE2.
According to researchers from Wuhan University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Biophysics, just one mutation was enough for the virus to invade human cells. According to the study's findings, the possible hazard of SARS-CoV-2 is that NeoCov interacts to the ACE2 receptor differently than the Covid-19 pathogen.
As a result, neither the antibodies nor the protein molecules produced in persons suffering from respiratory illness or who have been immunized against SARS-CoV-2 will be effective in protecting them. According to the researchers, NeoCoV bears a potentially high combined MERS-CoV fatality rate, with one in every three infected patients dying, even after accounting for the new coronavirus's high transmission rate.
In reaction to the article, experts at the Vector Russian State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology published a statement Thursday. According to their findings, NeoCov may not have been able to spread aggressively among people based on data gathered by Chinese researchers.
Previously, the global Covid-19 epidemic began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. There is no conclusive proof of how the pandemic virus caused it to arise. There are now two variants of this problem. The first demonstrates that Covid-19 was passed from bats to humans via an intermediary mammal. Meanwhile, the second connected the epidemic to an alleged viral breach from a laboratory.
The World Health Organization (WHO) produced a thorough assessment on the origin of SARS-CoV-2 in 2021, concluding that the laboratory leak explanation was implausible. On October 29, 2021, US intelligence issued a declassified report on their research into the origins of the new coronavirus, which discovered that the virus had not yet been established as a virus.
The virus's origins continue to split America's top spy agencies. According to the report, the Chinese government is also impeding worldwide probes and refusing to provide information.
In response, China's Foreign Ministry criticized the so-called short declassified evaluation of Covid-19's origins as political and misleading, having no scientific foundation or credibility.