Just a heads up. Regarding “Neo-CoV.” IT IS NOT A NEW COVID-19 VARIANT. Please be aware. It’s another type of Coronavirus that was first reported in 2012 and then again in 2015 during the outbreak of MERS-CoV. It has been found in bats and NO HUMAN TRANSMISSION. Don’t get misled.
NeoCov can use ACE2 receptors of bats BUT NOT ACE2 receptors of HUMANS and DOES NOT INFECT HUMANS in its current form. It spreads EXCLUSIVELY among bats.
SHOULD YOU WORRY ABOUT NEOCOV? “No, you should not be worried about the reports of this MERS-linked virus going through a zoonotic effect and transmitting from animals to humans. The last outbreak of MERS was reported in 2015 and the World Health Organization (WHO) said in 2019
that there has been a reduction in cases of MERS globally. However, as of now, there has been no development to indicate that any MERS-CoV-linked virus has spread among humans. There have been NO human infections of NeoCoV globally and there have been NO deaths.”
Why is it in the news? Because of a PRE-PRINT with A LOT of hypotheticals and media outlets running a mile with it. NeoCoV is an actually an old virus closely related to MERS-CoV (as I stated above) which enters cells via DPP4 receptors. What's “new”is that NeoCoV can use ACE2
receptors of bats but NOT human ACE2 receptors in its current form. It would need to undergo mutations to be able to do so that has NOT HAPPENED. So DO NOT buy into these sensationalist headlines please. It is just blatant misinformation at this point.
It is NOT a new SARS-CoV-2 variant like Delta or Omicron. Again, there has been no development to indicate that any MERS-CoV-linked virus has spread among humans. There have been NO human infections of NeoCoV globally and there have been NO deaths.
The WHO, which identifies and notifies mutations and new virus outbreaks, has not said anything about these reports about NeoCoV. indiatoday.in/science/story/…
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