Newly discovered bat coronavirus shares entry protein with COVID-19, but poses lower risk of human transmission, researchers ...

Researchers at Wuhan Institute of Virology, led by Shi Zhengli, discovered a new coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, in bats. While it ...

A Chinese team of virologists have found a new bat coronavirus that carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission because ...

Researchers dismissed the risk of HKU5 coronavirus spreading among human populations on a large scale, pointing out that its ...

The lab finding does raise the possibility that this new bat virus could spread from animals to humans, researchers said in a ...

The virus is able to bind to the human angiotensin converting enzyme, the same receptor used by the Sars-CoV-2 virus, which ...

The study on the new virus was carried out by leading Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli, who is also known as the “batwoman” as ...

Chinese virologists have identified a new bat coronavirus using the same human receptor as COVID-19, potentially allowing animal-to-human transmission. The discovery led by Shi Zhengli, from the Wuhan ...

HKU5-CoV-2 — can spread to humans like Covid-19, said experts on Saturday, raising fresh health concerns. HKU5-CoV-2 was ...