NeoCov - New Virus In World?

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Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can cause diseases ranging from the common cold to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).


The study, available on the preprint repository BioRxiv, has found that NeoCov resembles the virus that caused the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). 

The WHO has said that further studies are needed to ascertain whether the NeoCov will pose a risk to humans. They also added that it works closely with other agencies like the World Organization for Animal Health to respond to the dangers of “emerging zoonotic viruses”, according to TASS.

What do Researchers say about this?

The researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Wuhan University said in a recent study, that the NeoCov virus is discovered in a bat population in South Africa and is currently spreading only among animals.  However, it has now been found that NeoCoV and PDF-2180-CoV use some types of angiotensin-converting enzymes, including bat ACE2 and human ACE2 for entry.
Experts have said NeoCov has only been found in bats and it has never infected a human being. If it ever infects humans, then it might be the potential to kill one in three people because NeoCov is related to the Middle East respiratory syndrome or MERS-coronavirus, they further clarified. 

The World Health Organization said further study is required to find out whether the virus poses any threat to humans. "Animals, particularly wild animals are the source of more than 75% of all emerging infectious diseases in humans, many of which are caused by novel viruses. Coronaviruses are often found in animals, including in bats which have been identified as a natural reservoir of many of these viruses," WHO said to Russian news agency Tass.

The researchers further noted that infection with NeoCov could not be cross-neutralized by antibodies targeting SARS-CoV-2 or MERS-CoV. "Considering the extensive mutations in the RBD regions of the SARS-CoV-2 variants, especially the heavily mutated Omicron variant, these viruses may hold a latent potential to infect humans through further adaptation," the authors of the study added. A receptor-binding domain (RBD) is a key part of a virus that allows it to dock to body receptors to gain entry into cells and lead to infection.

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Author: Arun Rajput. 

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