New Delhi, 29/1: A team of scientists in China’s Wuhan has warned of a lethal variant called ‘NeoCov’ detected in bats triggering widespread panic as some reports suggested that it requires only one mutation to infiltrate human cells.
NeoCov is said to carry the mortality rate of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS)-CoV and the high transmission rate of the current SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
Scientists have asked people not to panic, saying that reports about the variants are “totally blown out of proportion”. Here’s everything we know so far about the NeoCov virus: