Philippines India virus pandemic Coronavirus Philippines India

Virus hunters in Philippines hope to stop the next covid-like pandemic by catching bats

Reading now: 562
www.livemint.com

LOS BANOS : Researchers wearing headlamps and protective suits race to untangle the claws and wings of bats caught up in a big net after dark in the Philippine province of Laguna.The tiny animals are carefully placed in cloth bags to be taken away, measured and swabbed, with details logged and saliva and faecal matter collected for analysis before they are returned to the wild.The researchers call themselves the "virus hunters", tasked with catching thousands of bats to develop a simulation model they hope will help the world avoid a pandemic similar to COVID-19, which has killed nearly 2.8 million people.The Japanese-funded model will be developed over the next three years by the University of the Philippines Los Banos, which hopes the.

Read more on livemint.com
The website covid-19.rehab is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA