The origins of COVID-19 remain a mystery as WHO says “Cannot rule out any theory” after an inconclusive study.

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 The bat virus carries the risk of animal-to-human ...

The ancestor of the virus that causes COVID-19 left its point of origin in Western China or Northern Laos just several years before the disease first emerged in humans up to 2,700 kilometers away ...

Five years removed from the onset of Covid-19's global sweep, research into another subset of the coronavirus has scientists ...

"These viruses are so closely related to MERS, so we have to be concerned if they ever infect humans," said virologist ...

But Covid-19 has shown how essential the virus hunters’ work is and it has now received a six-month extension worth $2.26 million, according to a press release by UC Davis.

New bat virus has been found in China (Freepik) The Covid-19 pandemic had brought the world to a stand still. The SARS-CoV-2 spread like wildfire in 2019 claiming millions of lives and creating a ...

The discovery of a new bat coronavirus in China has sparked concerns of another pandemic. The virus, HKU5-CoV-2, is similar to to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

COVID-like bat virus discovered by researchers at Chinese lab. By Julie Steenhuysen and Nancy Lapid. February 22, 2025 — 12.23pm. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles for later.

But Covid-19 has shown how essential the virus hunters’ work is and it has now received a six-month extension worth $2.26 million, according to a press release by UC Davis.

On the other hand, this new found bat virus is initially found in bats in Hing Kong. Because HKU5-CoV-2 is member of ...

Researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China said they discovered a new coronavirus in bats that enters cells using the same gateway as the virus that causes Covid-19.. This virus hasn ...