flu that has the potential to become the next global pandemic if it is not closely monitored. Scientists in China have discovered the virus G4 that is said to be similar to that of Swine Flu - which spread globally in 2009, reports the Mirror.
The strain causes respiratory illness and is carried among populations of pigs. Writing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, experts are concerned that the virus could mutate beyond that and affect humans.
They claim that it has “all the hallmarks of a candidate pandemic virus” if it is not managed. Similarly, animal-borne Covid-19 is believed to have originated at a 'wet market' selling wildlife for consumption in Wuhan, before the virus spread around the world.