Indian strain of COVID spread to 44 countries already: WHO
As COVID-19 continues to persist, fears surrounding new pathogens and future pandemics are rife. There are several undiscovered coronaviruses which under the right conditions can become pathogenic to human beings. Now, a new study reports the discovery of a new coronavirus in Malaysia in 2018.
According to a study, the coronavirus was found in patients hospitalized with pneumonia in Sarawak, Malaysia, and may have jumped from canine to human. If the virus is confirmed to be a pathogen, the novel canine-like coronavirus will have the distinction of becoming the eighth unique coronavirus known to cause illness in human beings.