In China, discovered a new strain of swine flu

07 July 2020, 02:02 | Health 
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People have no immunity to it..

Another pandemic threatens the world - in China, scientists have discovered a new strain of swine flu that has “all the hallmarks” of the possibility of transmission from person to person, Chronicle reports.. info with reference to the Apostrophe.

To date, the strain has not been a threat, but monitoring of new types of swine flu has shown that people have no immunity to it..

“Pigs are considered carriers or“ vessels for mixing ”pandemic influenza viruses,” the scientists explained..

They added that controlling swine flu viruses is important for early warning and preparedness for the next potential pandemic..

The new strain is called G4 EA H1N1 and has some similarities with the 2009 swine flu pathogen that started in Mexico and caused a worldwide outbreak in 2009..

As the researchers found, recently this strain has become a cause of infection in slaughterhouse and pig breeding workers in China. Scientists believe that it is necessary to develop a vaccine against him.

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