Scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have shared warnings of a new strain of Covid found in bats which ...

Chinese researchers have identified a new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, which binds to the same receptor as the COVID-19 virus ...

The recently identified HKU5-CoV-2 virus has been found in bats within China. While there is a potential risk of transmission ...

HKU5-CoV-2 virus has less binding affinity to human ACE2 compared to SARS-CoV-2. Also, other suboptimal factors for human ...

This newly isolated strain can bind to the ACE2 receptor in human cells, the same pathway used by the Covid-19 virus.

The study on the new virus was carried out by leading Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli, who is also known as the “batwoman” as ...