Answer:
It's the race for finding a cure i.e., Vaccine
Explanation:
"…somewhere in the world the wrong pig met up with the wrong bat"
This explains that the contagion is a airborne virus that has a potential of killing it's host within days after a infection. The problem comes now when those scientists are trying their best in finding the cure i.e., a vaccine that can cure the disease spread by the virus. It is a type of competition in which the race between several parties for cure are going on.
