Animals also to be masked... "COVID-19 begins seeking hosts beyond humans"

Chinese Academy of Sciences Microbiology Institute Reveals at Academic Conference
"Cross-Species Infection May Pose Greater Challenges"

Claims have been raised that the COVID-19 virus has begun to use animals other than humans as new hosts.

On the 2nd, local media including Fenghuang Network reported that Gao Fu, a researcher at the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, stated at a recent academic conference, "It has been confirmed that deer and mink have been infected with COVID-19," adding, "The range of species infected with COVID-19, including tigers, lions, rats, and rabbits, is expanding, and the scale is increasing."

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Gao Fu explained, "The COVID-19 virus underwent mutations during its adaptation process to the human immune system and has begun to adapt to various animals," and "It has found more animals besides humans as new hosts."

He also warned about the greater crisis that COVID-19 could cause due to cross-species transmission. Gao Fu cautioned, "We must not underestimate the greater challenges that COVID-19 could bring through cross-species transmission."

Zhang Yuanhong, head of the Infectious Diseases Department at Huashan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University, said, "Due to the active human immune system and immunity generated during the infection process, COVID-19 will mutate in a direction that weakens its toxicity," adding, "Research on COVID-19 is still insufficient, and more scientific studies are needed to control the virus's disease-causing potential."

Tong Yigang, dean of the School of Life Sciences and Technology at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, also emphasized, "We need to research and develop a wider variety of drugs to respond to the emergence of COVID-19 variants that have resistance to therapeutic drugs or environmental stress."

Local media reported, "Over the past three years, the evolution of the COVID-19 virus has occurred through interactions with the host's immune system, and with enhanced immunity from vaccination and infection, the toxicity of COVID-19 may gradually weaken. However, health experts generally agree that there are increasingly many factors to consider regarding the prediction of COVID-19 variants."

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