Chinese scientists have found samples of a new strain of corona virus in bats

Delta variant outcry in UK, decision to lift lockdown postponed by a month

The number of corona cases in the Russian capital Moscow has doubled in a week. Canada will not use Johnson & Johnson's three million doses of corona vaccine.

LONDON: Chinese scientists say they have found samples of a new strain of corona virus in bats, amid renewed calls for an investigation into the origin of the corona virus. One of the new corona virus samples found in bats is a virus that is very close to the corona virus in terms of genetic makeup.

The researchers said their study in southwestern China found information on how many types of corona viruses are present in bats and how many people they can spread. "We have obtained 24 new corona virus genomes from different species of bats, four of which are similar to the genus SARS Cove-2," he said.

The samples were obtained from bats living in small forests between May 2019 and November 2020. The researchers said that in addition to taking swabs from the bats' mouths, they also tested their feces and urine. Chinese researchers say a corona virus with a genome similar to the current corona virus has been found.

The virus is very similar to SARS Cove-2, except for the distance of the genome sequences in the spike protein. These results show that the virus, which is very close to SARS Cove-2, continues to spread in the bat population and may have more variants in some areas. One and a half years after the Corona epidemic, the mystery of its origin is still intact.

In the UK, meanwhile, the government is considering postponing the proposed June 21 lockdown shutdown by a month, with 8,125 new cases reported within 24 hours of the Delta variant. The variant of concern named B.1.617.2 has registered 30,000 new cases in a week, bringing the total number of cases to 42,323. The British Medical Association and public health officials have said plans to lift restrictions on all cores from June 21 have been postponed for four weeks.

In the Russian capital, Moscow, on the other hand, 2936 cases of corona were reported last week, up from 6701 this week. Meanwhile, Health Canada, a government agency in Canada, has said it will not use three million doses of the Johnson & Johnson Corona vaccine in April for quality reasons. The government said in a statement that the shipment of the vaccine, made at the Emergency Biosolutions facility in Baltimore, Maryland, would not be released for the health and safety of Canadians.

UK to set up new Animal Vaccine Development Center to prevent future epidemics

As part of the G7 Global Health Declaration, the UK will set up a new Animal Vaccine Development Center to prevent viruses from entering humans from animals. In the Global Health Declaration, the world's leading democracies are expected to announce a series of measures to end future epidemics in the first hundred days.

The UK Animal Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Center will be set up in Surrey to prevent new animal diseases as part of a plan to prevent future epidemics. The center will enlist the help of world-renowned experts from Pirbright for the delivery of vaccines for animal diseases. If the virus mutates and spreads to humans, it could wreak havoc on agriculture in the UK.