A new strain of flu that has the potential to become a pandemic has been identified in China by scientists.

(www.bbc.com)

The virus, which the researchers call G4 EA H1N1, can grow and multiply in the cells that line the human airways.

They found evidence of recent infection in people who worked in abattoirs and the swine industry in China when they looked at data from 2011 to 2018.

Current flu vaccines do not appear to protect against it, although they could be adapted to do so if needed.

We may be in for another totally different disaster.