Chinese researchers in Wuhan have sounded the alarm on a species of known bat coronavirus that could potentially be 3 times more fatal than Covid-19, the Thai Public Health Commission’s Vice Chairman Chalermchai Boonyaleephan stated yesterday. If the virus were to mutate and make its way to human populations, it could turn into “Covid-22” and eventually be crowned “MERS-CoV-2,” Boonyaleephan said. There is a possibility that the symptoms would be “3 times more lethal” than Covid-19, considering the more than 30% death rate of its cousin MERS. “Covid-22 would kill 17 million people, compared to Covid-19, which has killed 5.67 million.” […]
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