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Friday, 03 Apr, 2020
The hunt for the next potential coronavirus animal host (National Geographic)
As COVID-19 blisters its way around the globe, much of the focus has been on stopping the spread of the virus and treating those who are sick. But virologists say there’s something else that deserves our focus as well—the search for future animal hosts. Prof Wang Linfa, Director of Duke-NUS' EID programme, told National Geographic that while the risk of the virus taking hold in a new species – and then those animals quietly hosting it for a while before passing it back to humans – is low, it’s still worth preparing for because the consequences could be a resurgence of the pandemic.
Original article: The hunt for the next potential coronavirus animal host (National Geographic)