New flu virus with 'pandemic potential' found in pigs in China and can infect humans

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Experts are keeping a close eye on a new strain of influenza emerging in China. Scientists say the new strain of virus is carried by pigs and genetically similar to Swine Flu.

The new type of flu causes respiratory illnesses, and researchers say it is a candidate for the next viral pandemic if it mutates and spreads from person to person.

The strain, named G4 EA H1N1, thrives and multiplies in the cells that grow in the human airway. It recently emerged in pigs but can infect humans too, according to new research published in a journal article.

The warning comes as the world remains in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic. Global Covid-19 deaths have passed 500,000, with millions more cases diagnosed since it was first reported to have