Khosta-2: All You Need To Know About Russian Bat Virus That Could Infect Humans - NDTV

The new virus, called Khosta-2 cannot just infect human cells, it is also resistant to current vaccines.

The virus was first discovered in bats in Russia in 2020 but at that time scientists did not think that the virus posed a threat to humans.

After much careful research done by scientists, they found that the virus can infect human cells and it can become a possible public health threat?

According to a report in Time magazine, a related virus also found in the Russian bats, Khosta-1, could not enter human cells readily, but Khosta-2 could.

Khosta-2 attaches to the same protein, ACE2 that SARS-CoV-2 uses to penetrate human cells.

The new virus can impact human cells readily.