The researcher believes that the urbanization of once wild areas contributes to the emergence of zoonotic diseases.
The next pandemic could come from the Amazon rainforest in South America, said the Brazilian environmental scientist David Lapola.
In his opinion, rampant deforestation in the region, violates the balance of nature could provoke a new outbreak of coronavirus.
The researcher believes that the urbanization of once wild areas contributes to the emergence of zoonotic diseases — diseases transmitted from animals to humans.
“Amazon has a huge supply of viruses. We better not test your luck”, — quotes AFP.
Earlier, the Federation Council member and honorary doctor of the Russian Federation Vladimir Round in conversation with “Star” called the most vulnerable to coronavirus group human blood. According to him, the study was conducted in China with the participation of 3 000 thousand infected.
