BERKELEY Global land-use changes including forest fragmentation, agricultural expansion and concentrated livestock production are creating “hot spots” favorable for bats that carry coronaviruses and where conditions are ripe for the diseases to jump from bats to humans, finds an analysis published this week by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, the Politecnico di Milano (Polytechnic University of Milan) and Massey University of New Zealand.
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China, Japan, the Philippines and Thailand are likely to be new COVID hotspot , says a US study
According to the study, conditions in these places could become ripe for the disease to jump from bats to humans
The study has been conducted by a team of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, Polytechnic University of Milan and Massey University of New Zealand
New York: A joint study conducted by a team of researchers has claimed that China, Japan, the Philippines and Thailand may turn into new hotspots favourable for bats that carry coronaviruses.
According to the study, conditions in these places could become ripe for the disease to jump from
China, Japan, Philippines and Thailand may turn into "hotspots" favourable for bats that carry coronaviruses and conditions in these places could become ripe for the disease to jump from bats to.