Coronavirus Type Discovered That Resists All Vaccines

The type of coronavirus detected in December 2019 and the source of which is not yet clearly known. SARS COV-2, causing the COVID-19 disease, causing millions of people to die to date. While there is no definitive finding about the source of the coronavirus species, the most accepted theory was that the virus originated from bats.

While the virus has lost its lethality to a large extent thanks to the COVID-19 vaccines, new news came from Russia today. A newly published study finds that a new strain of coronavirus has been detected in bats in Russia and that the virus can resist the antibodies in vaccines revealed.

It was originally discovered in 2020

The new virus, called Khosta-2, was detected in horseshoe bats in Russia’s Sochi National Park, according to research published in the journal PLOS Pathogens. This bat species He also lived in Europe and North Africa. highlighted.

The virus strain was actually first discovered in 2020, along with the Khosta-1 virus. But the pathogens of the virus at that time was not seen as dangerous. Scientists have reached striking results in their studies in the laboratory environment.

In the tests performed, the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors on human liver cells, tissue To infect in the same way as SARS-CoV-2 appeared to be able to use it. Moreover, it was determined that the receptor binding sites in the spike proteins also showed complete resistance against the monoclonal antibodies triggered by the COVID-19 vaccine.

It is not known whether it can infect humans:

There has been no definitive finding yet on the issue that the new dangerous virus found in bats can be transmitted to humans. But when the virus is transmitted to someone with a different strain of coronavirus, risk of merging of two viruses and emergence of a new variant was declared.

In the scientific world, a general protective vaccine has not yet been developed against SARS-related coronavirus types. Developed vaccines generally replace these viruses. target specific viruses and provides protection against them. In particular, studies are underway to develop a vaccine that will cover all such viruses.