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.

A new bat coronavirus that has the capacity to spread to humans, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered. HKU5-CoV-2 was found by a Chinese research team led by virologist Shi Zhengli,

Research was led by Shi Zhengli, a virologist known as the 'batwoman', who is best known for her work on coronaviruses at a lab in Wuhan A Chinese team has found a new bat coronavirus that carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission because it uses the same human receptor as the virus that causes Covid-19.

A newly identified coronavirus in China might be emerging and could have the potential to spread through humans. Similar to the early days of Covid, researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology discovered a new strain living within bats.

The South China Morning Post reports that a new strain of coronavirus has been identified in bats in China. A team of researchers has indicated that it may spread similarly to the virus responsible for the multi-year pandemic that began in late 2019.