15 thousand year old virus frozen in the glacier! But what is the new panic?
Researchers recently found a 15,000-year-old virus in two ice samples under a glacier in Tibet, China. The existence of the virus could not be erased due to freezing in the ice. This information is published in the journal Microbiology. Researchers believe that the virus is very useful in understanding how the virus evolved.
Chinese researcher Jihi Ping Zhang said the glacier had been frozen for a long time. There are multiple viruses in glaciers. Grass, dust mixed with multiple viruses. He added, "From these viruses, it is possible to know the past environment, the characteristics of the virus at that time, etc." A total of 33 viruses were found in this glacier. Of these, four viruses have been identified. But researchers do not know about the 26 viruses. Not every virus was destroyed by ice. Some researchers believe that these viruses once spread around the world. However, the viruses are less contagious and have been found in the soil, they claim.
Incidentally, the number of covid infections in the country on Wednesday exceeded 42,000. Today the little lotus infection. According to a bulletin released by the central government's health ministry on Thursday, the number of new corona cases in the country in the last 24 hours is 41,383. Which is a little less than yesterday. The recovery rate has also increased. While 36,096 corona patients recovered yesterday, 36,752 returned home today. The number of deaths has also decreased a lot. The total number of deaths in the country on this day is 506.
Since the onset of the epidemic, a total of 3 crore 12 lakh 57 thousand 620 people have been infected with corona in the country. Of which three crore four lakh 29 thousand 339 people have recovered. At present, the number of active corona victims in the country is four lakh nine thousand 394. Four lakh 18 thousand 97 people died.
