The virus, unearthed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, ... 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.

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The origins of COVID-19 remain a mystery as WHO says “Cannot rule out any theory” after an inconclusive study. Many theories about the origins of COVID-19 have been debated extensively since the ...

Researchers studying 142 bats in Yunnan (2017–2021) found 22 viruses, including two new ones similar to deadly Nipah and Hendra ...

China’s Yunnan. Two of them are genetically similar to lethal Nipah and Hendra, raising fears of spillover via contaminated fruits or water.

Viscount Ridley, co-author of Viral: the search for the origin of Covid-19, said: “Like all other formal investigations, the Sago committee found it could not rule out a lab leak. This is highly ...

China has failed to provide vital data despite repeated requests, said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The virus killed at least 20 million people, wiped at least $10 trillion from the global economy and upended billions of lives.