Bhubaneswar: While a team of scientists in Wuhan has warned of a lethal variant called ‘NeoCov’, there is no data of its transmission to humans, said Odisha Health Services Director Bijay Mohapatra on Saturday.
As per the World Health Organization (WHO), there have been no findings regarding the spread of NeoCov to humans. Therefore, people should be not concerned till any international findings, he added.
It is worthwhile to mention that NeoCoV has been discovered among bats in South Africa and has only been known to spread among these animals to date.