Rospotrebnadzor has denied reports of a new coronavirus that could cause a new pandemic.

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The reason for the alarming publications was an article in a foreign scientific journal, where scientists investigated viruses of the subgenus Merbecovirus (line HKU5). However, as emphasized in Rospotrebnadzor, the work did not contain data on the isolation of a new coronavirus. The authors analyzed already known strains.