https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/world/2023/09/672_359913.html
'One of China's best-known virologists Shi Zhengli, also known as "batwoman,"
has warned that it is "highly likely" another coronavirus will appear in
future.
Shi, who gained her nickname because of her research into viruses that leap
from animals ― especially bats ― to humans, warned in a recent paper written
with colleagues that the world must be prepared for another disease like
Covid-19 because "if a coronavirus caused diseases to emerge before, there is a
high chance it will cause future outbreaks."
Coronaviruses caused both the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars)
outbreak that killed thousands of people worldwide, mainly in mainland China
and Hong Kong, as well as Covid-19.
In this study Shi's team from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, evaluated the
human spillover risk of 40 coronavirus species and rated half of them as
"highly risky."
Of these, six are already known to have caused diseases that infected humans,
while there is evidence that a further three caused disease or infected other
animal species.
"It is almost certain that there will be future disease emergence and it is
highly likely a [coronavirus] disease again," the study warned.'
Via venatuh and Christoph S.
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