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With giant swabs and grumpy camels, Kenya hunts for next deadly virus

With giant swabs and grumpy camels, Kenya hunts for next deadly virus Issued on: 15/04/2021 - 07:32 Camels stand in their pens as they wait to be released to pasture at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) ranch TONY KARUMBA AFP 4 min Machakos (Kenya) (AFP) Kicking and grunting under the restraint of three men, the camel makes its displeasure known as Kenyan veterinarian Nelson Kipchirchir swirls a giant swab in the nostril of the grumpy dromedary. It turns out camels don t much like being tested for coronavirus either. But the research is critical to advance understanding of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) a far deadlier cousin of Covid-19 that scientists fear could cause the next global pandemic.

Could Kenyan camels cause next COVID-19 pandemic?

In the Kapiti Nature Reserve in southern Kenya, this dromedary is furiously undergoing a PCR test to detect a cousin of COVID-19, Mers, which could one day cause the next global pandemic. Two metres high and weighing 300 kilos, the beast rumbles and struggles, restrained at the neck, muzzle and tail by three camel drivers, while the veterinarian in the blue coat hurriedly proceeds with the dreaded sampling. Taking a sample from the animal is difficult because you never know what can happen (.) if you do it wrong, it can be even worse because it can hit you, bite you, explains Nelson Kipchirchir, a vet in Kapiti.

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