Sao Paulo (AFP) May 14, 2020
The next pandemic could come from the Amazon rainforest, warns Brazilian ecologist David Lapola, who says human encroachment on animals' habitats - a likely culprit in the coronavirus outbreak - is soaring there because of rampant deforestation. Researchers say the urbanization of once-wild areas contributes to the emergence of zoonotic diseases - those that pass from animals to humans.
Amazon could be next virus hot zone: scientist
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