The new coronavirus will not completely disappear, according to a growing number of researchers around the world who believe that the pathogen is likely to return to flu-like waves.

“The coronavirus is unlikely to disappear, similar to SARS 17 years ago since it infects some people without causing obvious symptoms. This group of people makes it difficult to fully track the infected, leaving some of the coronavirus spread undetected”, says a group of Chinese medical researchers.

Unlike the coronavirus in SARS, all infected persons showed severe symptoms, and when the cases identified were quarantined, the spread of the infection was stopped. However, with regard to Covid-19, China continues to detect dozens of infected cases that are symptom-free, even though the country’s epidemic is under control.

“This is very likely to be an epidemic that has existed with humans for a long time, becoming seasonal”, said the head of the Institute of Pathogenic Biology at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.

Such consensus is emerging among the top researchers and governments around the world, with the view that the virus is unlikely to completely disappear, despite the stringent measures that have led to many economies frozen.

Anthony Fauci, head of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said last month that Covid-19 could become a seasonal infection, proving in various countries, some of which are just entering their winter seasons.