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.

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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 ...

Hayes also addressed concerns that the virus might be similar to another known bat virus known as RaTG13, found by Wuhan researchers. The genomes are 96% identical to one another, but they’re ...

Researchers studying 142 bats in Yunnan (2017–2021) found 22 viruses, including two new ones similar to deadly Nipah and Hendra ...

China’s Yunnan. Two of them are genetically similar to lethal Nipah and Hendra, raising fears of spillover via contaminated fruits or water.

The virus killed at least 20 million people, wiped at least $10 trillion from the global economy and upended billions of lives.