Waves of coronavirus, a global pandemic have already caused
an existential crisis all over the world. Meanwhile, researchers in China
exposed a study on G4 Swine Flu Virus in the U.S. journal, Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences (PANS). The study stated ‘systematic surveillance
is a key measure for pre-warning the emergence of the next pandemic
influenza.’
The study was published based on the observation of samples
in China from 2011 to 2018 and this genotype has been found among pigs
predominantly since 2016. Testing workers in the swine industry, it is found
that nearly 10.4 percentage test positive to G4. It is said that the G4
genotype has descended from the H1N1 virus that caused the flu pandemic in
2009.
The study exclaimed that the virus possesses ‘all essential
hallmarks of being highly adapted to infect humans.’ As reported in the
Guardian, it is said that 4.4% of the general population has been exposed to
this virus indicating it has already transmitted to human species. Zhao Lijian, Foreign Ministry spokesperson of
China, assured to take up necessary steps preventing the spread and outbreak of
the virus.
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