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.

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Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have discovered a new lineage of a coronavirus in bats that can enter human cells in a similar fashion as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes ...

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The new coronavirus found in bats is not currently a public health threat, per CDC. Here, infectious disease doctors break down the discovery of HKU5-CoV-2.

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 ...

Scientists have discovered 20 new bat viruses in China, including strains related to Nipah and Hendra, raising global health ...

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Researchers have raised “urgent concerns” after discovering two new bat viruses in China with the potential to infect humans ...

"CDC is aware of a publication about a new bat coronavirus, but there is no reason to believe it currently poses a concern to public health," the agency said in a statement.