Russian scientists will study animals living in Siberia to determine whether they are carriers of the coronavirus, which is dangerous to humans.
According to Alexander Shestopalov, a researcher, the process will last for two years in three stages. First, zoologists will go on expeditions to the areas where the bats are located and select the animal specimens that are of interest to them, Gadin.Net reports quoting TASS. Biologists will then take DNA samples and "read" their genomes, and then compare the results with known genomes of coronaviruses that are dangerous to humans. On July 7, pigs and chickens were found to be immune to a new strain of coronavirus. , then kept the healthy ones in the same place as the sick animals. The virus has not been transmitted from infected pigs to healthy ones. A similar situation was observed in chickens and turkeys.