Along with Sara Sawyer, professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology at the University of Colorado Boulder, he proposed a series of experiments to assess an animal virus’s potential to infect a human.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/scientists-call-for-finding-future-viral-threats-to-human-health/

The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development told Moneyweb it is investigating the virus’s makeup.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/bird-flu-creeps-inland-with-virus-mutation-reported-in-mpumalanga/