Scientists have reacted to the discovery of a new coronavirus found in bats in a Wuhan lab close to the epicentre of Covid-19, which plunged the world into lockdown five years ago. A team at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China sounded the alarm last week over a new bat virus found with 'concerning' similarities to the virus that triggered the pandemic in 2020.

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 Covid-19,

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.

Scientists in China have found a new coronavirus in bats that could possibly infect humans, but the risk remains low for now.

A Chinese team discovered a new bat coronavirus that poses a risk of animal-to-human transmission as it uses the same human receptor as the COVID-19 virus, a Hong Kong daily reported on Thursday, citing the latest study.

Scientists in China have identified a new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, but health experts caution against overreacting,

The CDC said in a statement on Monday that it does not believe the new coronavirus found in bats poses a concern to public health currently.

A new bat coronavirus found in China should be monitored “very, very carefully” because it attacks human cells in the same way as Covid-19, virologists have warned.