New Coronavirus Found in Bats, Experts Say It’s No Threat
By India Edwards HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists in China have discovered a new type of coronavirus in bats that can infect human cells, but experts say it’s not a threat to public health -- right now.
Researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China said they discovered a new coronavirus in bats that enters cells ...
The virus, unearthed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission, though the ...
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New Bat Virus HKU5-CoV-2 Discovered At Wuhan Lab Sparks Global Pandemic FearsA team of Chinese virologists has identified a novel bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, raising fears of potential spillover into ...
Researchers have discovered a virus that could enter human cells in a similar way to COVID-19. But they caution it's much ...
CoV-2, which can enter human cells using the same gateway as the highly contagious SAR-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
Experts have warned that we need to watch a new coronavirus found in bats 'very carefully' but the CDC says it's not ...
Chinese scientists are planning “ominous” experiments similar to those that could have triggered the Covid pandemic, experts ...
The discovery of a new bat coronavirus in China has sparked concerns of another pandemic. The virus, HKU5-CoV-2, is similar ...
Scientists also discovered that HKU5-CoV-2 might infect human cells as well as small lung or gut tissues cultured in a lab.
The virus is related to the pathogen that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome and capitalizes on the same ‘entry receptor ...
The HKU5-CoV-2 strain was collected from pipistrelle bats swabbed across China’s Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Guangxi provinces. It was found to be a new lineage of the HKU5 coronavirus ...
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