The last decade has seen several epidemics and pandemics such as the H1N1, avian influenza, yellow fever, Ebola virus, Marburg virus, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus, West Nile virus, Nipah virus and Zika virus. One of the major causes of these is considered to be the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus. The SARS virus had caused a pandemic in the year 2003, affecting 26 countries worldwide. Presented below are insights from a paper by Cheng VC et al in which they have highlighted the possibilities of reemergence of SARS, MERS, and COVID-like pandemics.
Before the emergence of SARS, only 12 coronaviruses were known; post-SARS, more than 36 coronaviruses were discovered . The SARS has been a parent virus that has evolved over the years and resulted in several epidemics and pandemics, including COVID-19 . To break this chain of emergence and re-emergence, it is of great…
