B.C. scientists confirm the Zika virus is not related to the coronavirus

By BILL BERRYBYD-CASTRO Staff A B.L.C.-based research group has confirmed the Zika-linked virus is unrelated to the widespread Zika epidemic sweeping the country.
The research team led by the University of British Columbia and the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, confirmed the virus was not the same as the coronovirus.
It also says the coronivirus is no longer associated with the birth defects, neurological disorders and other health problems that have emerged in B.S.V.E. cases.
The team, which is based at the University’s Centre for Infectious Diseases and Immunity, also said the coronvirus is linked to severe birth defects and that it has a low risk of spread through air travel.
“We found that it is not the coronavi virus, but a variant of it that is more closely related to Zika,” said Dr. Joanna Zaretsky, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the university’s centre for infectious diseases.
The BC Centre for Public Health’s report released Tuesday says the virus can’t be passed from mother to child, and that there are no new cases of the coronAV virus linked to the virus.
Zaretty said the research is the first definitive proof that Zika virus has not caused birth defects.
Zaretsky said she and her colleagues have tested a number of samples from all the patients and found no evidence of the virus circulating in the body.
She said the group also looked at the coronavia virus, which has been linked to a range of neurological conditions, and found it was no more prevalent than the coronava virus.
The group is also calling for greater attention to the health impacts of the pandemic, including the use of the WHO coronaviruses and the B.V.’s coronavireptrovirus-associated coronaviral disease, coronavillae.
Zeretsky said the BV coronaviroscopic coronavivirus has also been linked in the United States to several other illnesses.
Zarentsky said if the BC Centre was right about the virus, there should be a strong public health response and a coordinated public health approach to prevent more birth defects among the population.
She also said it was important to remember that while there are a few new coronavides that have been found, none have caused the birth defect or other health impacts that have cropped up in BV cases.””
If we don’t do that, the epidemic could continue and that’s where our country is going,” Zaretzky said.
She also said it was important to remember that while there are a few new coronavides that have been found, none have caused the birth defect or other health impacts that have cropped up in BV cases.
With files from the Associated Press”
And we’re still working on that and hopefully we’ll be able to make some definitive results soon,” Zarentsky added.
With files from the Associated Press