Scientists isolated genetic sequences from pangolins and found 99% resemblance to the deadly virus spreading around the world • Chinese use pangolins to traditional medicine
The long pangolin snout. Responsible for spreading the virus? // Photo: GettyImages
Was the animal found responsible for the spread of the corona virus? Chinese researchers and scientists suggest that not bats, as we used to think, but rather pangolins - are responsible for the spread of the deadly virus in humans.
The penguins, for those who have not yet known, are long-term mammals that eat ants. Chinese people use them to make traditional Chinese medicines. Scientists now claim that those ant eaters are responsible for the ravaging of the corona epidemic, which has so far infected tens of thousands of people around the world.
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"It's a very interesting diagnosis, although we need more details," says Edward Holmes, an evolutionary virologist at the University of Sydney, Australia.
One of the most frequently asked questions so far about the corona virus was the origin of the virus and which animal caused its outbreak. The corona virus is known to be widespread among mammals and birds, so the hypothesis from the beginning was also that it was derived from bats. It may be that the source of the virus, and the animal from which it came, can also shed light on possible treatment or vaccination that will put an end to the health and economic crisis to which most countries of the world have been sucked in the past month.