White House Coronavirus Task Force member and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci warns that China might produce another pandemic.

On Tuesday, Fauci testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee that an emerging virus found in swine in China shares similar “hallmarks” found in the 2009 Swine Flu and 1918 Pandemic Flu.

The virus is known as “G4 EA H1N1,” and researchers are closely monitoring the virus in fear that it can mutate and infect humans. “In other words, when you get a brand new virus that turns out to be a pandemic virus, it’s either due to mutations and/or the reassortment or exchanges of genes,” Fauci said. He explained that they are seeing the virus in pigs, which have the “characteristics” of the 2009 H1N1 flu, as well as the deadly 1918 flu. While it can be potentially dangerous, the coronavirus task force member assured the public that they are closely looking into the virus, “It’s something that still is in the stage of examination,” Fauci added.

It serves as bad news, given that the rest of the world is still trying to find a vaccine to cure the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has also originated in a live animal market in Wuhan, China. While the 2009 outbreak was less deadly than what was initially feared, health experts remained cautious.

In a report from the BBC, researchers first submitted their findings in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and urged close monitoring, especially among swine industry workers in China. Based on recent infections of those who work in the industry, they found out that the virus can grow and multiply in the cells that line up the airways.

A professor from Nottingham University in the UK, Prof. Kin-Chow Chang, warned that while the rest of the world is focused on the ongoing coronavirus, it should serve as a reminder on how health experts “must not lose sight of potentially dangerous new viruses.” Another member of the academy, Prof James Wood, head of the Department of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Cambridge, shared the same sentiment. He believed that this should serve as a “salutary reminder” on how people are constantly at risk of new viruses, especially among farmed animals.

During his testimony, Fauci also expressed his growing concern about the recent uptick in coronavirus cases, especially due to the mass gathering brought by the ongoing protests. Fauci reminded the public that, “If we are going to contain this, we’ve got to contain it together.”

Other health professionals also appeared before the Senate Committee, such as the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Stephen Hahn, assistant secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, Brett Giroir, and director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Robert Redfield.

Redfield particularly addressed the youth sector, such as “Millennials” and “Generation Zs’” and how they should take the responsibility to prevent the virus from spreading. He also urged them to “embrace” the use of facial coverings.