The virus, unearthed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, ... The bat virus, referred to as HKU5-CoV-2, uses the same human receptor as SARS-CoV-2, a strain of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. 4.

Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have discovered a new lineage of a coronavirus in bats that can enter human cells in a similar fashion as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes ...

Also Read: Covid-19-like bat virus discovered in Wuhan lab, poses risk of animal-to-human transmission Scientists stated in the journal Cell, as cited by news ageny Reuters, that the virus, known ...

The Wuhan virus research centre is known for its work on bat coronaviruses. One theory of how the COVID pandemic began is that it leaked from that lab, perhaps through an infected worker.

Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have discovered a new lineage of a coronavirus in bats that can enter human cells in a similar fashion as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes ...

The origins of COVID-19 remain a mystery as WHO says “Cannot rule out any theory” after an inconclusive study. Many theories about the origins of COVID-19 have been debated extensively since the ...