As stated in the National Institute of Virology India, its effect on humans remains to be explored.
A new type of coronavirus found in the popular tourist States of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh in the North of India, and Union territory of Pondicherry. He was able to identify a scientist from the Indian Council for national research ICMR at living in the country of bats.
According to the publication India Today, a coronavirus found in bats, called “coronavirus bats” (ВtCoV). For the study, researchers selected 25 individuals of two types: flying foxes and fruit bats of the night.
According to the employee of the National Institute of Virology India, the danger of a new coronavirus to humans remains to be explored. No evidence, it is able to cause disease in people not yet discovered.
The specialist added that the virus is not related to the current SARS-CoV2, which provoked the epidemic. However, we know that in 2018 and 2019, these same Indian bats discovered Nipah virus, from which he died 70% infected.