Brazilian environmentalist David Lapola (David Lapola) called the rainforest of the Amazon is a likely source of the pathogen, which in the future will cause a new pandemic. The cause of the outbreak will be human intervention in wildlife and forest loss in South America due to active logging. It is reported by news Agency AFP.
According to the scientists, similarly, there were pandemic coronavirus infection COVID-19. The growth of cities and increase in urban population leads to a decrease in the area of wild areas, which are the natural reservoir for viruses and pathogens. SARS-CoV-2, probably circulating in populations of wild mice before passed on to humans through animal intermediaries in Hubei province, where the intense urbanisation.
Amazonia is a huge viral reservoir, however, in recent years the rate of disappearance of tropical forests has increased significantly. Scientists attribute this to the policy of the Brazilian President Zaira Bolsonaro in which deforestation increased by 85 percent and amounted to more than 10 thousand square kilometers. From January to April 2020 were destroyed record 1202 square kilometers of the Amazon.
According to Lupoli, the destruction of wild ecosystems and ecological instability in the past has led to the spread of HIV, dengue fever and Ebola. Although most recent outbreaks begin in South Asia and Africa, in a short time a center of epidemics caused by new types of coronaviruses, may be the Amazon.
