A new coronavirus lineage discovered in bats by Wuhan scientists can infect human cells but is not a current public health ...

It belongs to a different group of coronaviruses than Covid-19 called merbecoviruses, which include Mers (Middle East ...

Scientists in China have discovered a new type of coronavirus in bats that can infect human cells, but experts say ...

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.

HKU5-CoV-2 shares similarities with COVID-19 as well as the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) (AP/File) Also Read: Covid-19-like bat virus discovered in Wuhan lab ...

A team of Chinese virologists has identified a novel bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, raising fears of potential spillover into ...

Hundreds of coronaviruses exist but only a few can infect humans, including SARS, SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome). This new one (HKU5-CoV-2 ...

Researchers said the bat virus belongs to the same coronavirus lineage that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), a severe and often lethal respiratory illness that can spread from ...

The new virus belongs to the merbecovirus subgenus, which also includes the virus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers), the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.

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. The study was led by ...