G4 swine flu viruses in China described in the PNAS report have a mix of genes from influenza viruses found in humans, birds and pigs. The 1976 H1N1 swine flu was a very different virus from the 2009 H1N1 swine flu, which combines elements from flu viruses that evolved in birds, humans, and pigs.

Researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study published on Monday in the U.S. science journal PNAS. Wed 5 Jun 2019 20.59 EDT Last modified on Thu 6 Jun 2019 19.00 EDT. An outbreak of swine flu in the European Union member state was reported in mid-January 2019, with the island's main state hospital overcrowded within a week, with more than 30 cases being treated. By Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder , Staff Writer June 30, 2020

Comparing swine flu and COVID-19 COVID-19 and swine flu are from two separate families of viruses. The swine-flu pandemic of 2009 may have killed up to 203,000 people worldwide—10 times higher than the first estimates based on the number of cases confirmed by lab tests, according to a … In January 2019 an outbreak of H1N1 was recorded in Morocco, with nine confirmed fatalities.

The nation’s most recent fight was in 2009 when the H1N1 virus, also called swine flu, appeared in the U.S. and spread quickly across the world.

2019 Outbreak in Morocco. Five genes of the G4 virus came from the 2009 H1N1 virus that caused the 2009 flu pandemic.

Pigs are seen on a farm at a village in Changtu county, Liaoning province, China, Jan 17, 2019.

This H1N1 virus contained a … Chinese Researchers: New Swine Flu Has Pandemic Potential Experts not involved in the study say it is too soon to panic. Five genes of the G4 virus came from the 2009 H1N1 virus that caused the 2009 flu pandemic. In Vietnam, the first swine fever case was detected in January this year in … (File photo: Reuters/Ryan Woo) By Andrew Preston.

Dec. 17, 2019. An outbreak of swine flu in the European Union member state was reported in mid-January 2019, with the island's main state hospital overcrowded within a week, with more than 30 cases being treated. 2019 Outbreak in Malta. H1N1 — or swine flu — was behind the 1918 and 2009 flu pandemics. – One thousand pigs, handpicked for their reproductive performance, flew off on March 10 from Brest to China, a country strongly hit by the African swine fever virus in 2019.

According to the CDC, H1N1 is an influenza virus, the type of virus that causes flus. ... China downplays potential new swine flu … Studying whether existing flu antiviral drugs offer protection against this group of viruses.

It is unknown if people would possess any immunity to a new flu strain, the BBC notes, adding that although existing flu vaccines are seemingly powerless to stop it, scientists may be able to adapt them to the new … New swine flu strain with 'pandemic potential' is found in pigs in China and scientists warn it is 'highly adapted' to spread to humans. Based on laboratory transmission studies in ferrets, G4 viruses can spread via direct contact or via respiratory droplets. When one of his pigs suddenly died three months ago from swine fever, he said, he quickly slaughtered his other four dozen before they could fall sick as well.