WHO Laboratory Senior Expert Frank Konings has named the major versions of the coronavirus transmission, the broadcast is available at Twitter – your World Health Organization (WHO) account.
According to him, SARS-CoV-2 could be transmitted to humans directly from bat to humans and quickly and completely adapt. Conings considered this scenario possible, but unlikely. “According to the second, more likely, the virus jumped from a bat to one or several species of animals, where it had the ability to adapt to them, and only then it switched to humans,” he stressed.
Konings added that studies are underway with various animals, including agricultural and domestic animals, to determine how susceptible they are to infection and whether they may be a reservoir for the virus. He noted that in the future they may also need a vaccine.
Michael Ryan, Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program earlier said that the coronavirus began to spread around the world after infecting several zero patients. According to him, in the event of a COVID-19 pandemic, we can talk about more than one primary infection, since the transmission of a pathogen to humans is possible from several animals. “There is more and more information that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is found in various countries. It has recently been identified in bats, and we have also seen other potential vectors in different places,” the specialist explained.