Newly discovered bats are related to those associated with the pandemic
4 years, 8 months ago

Newly discovered bats are related to those associated with the pandemic

CNN  

CNN — Four new species of African leaf-nosed bats have been discovered, and they’re related to the horseshoe bats that have become known as the host for novel coronavirus. “Bats are small, nocturnal and use high-frequency sound and smell to identify their species to other bats,” said Bruce Patterson, lead study author and Macarthur curator of mammals at Chicago’s Field Museum, in an email. “Leaf-nosed bats carry coronaviruses – not the strain that’s affecting humans right now, but this is certainly not the last time a virus will be transmitted from a wild mammal to humans. If we have better knowledge of what these bats are, we’ll be better prepared if that happens.” Patterson concurred.“With Covid-19, we have a virus that’s running amok in the human population,” he said. “These bats have a place in nature and perform essential ecological functions, and we can’t let our terror of Covid cause us to pull apart natural ecological systems,” Patterson said.

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Despite repeated Nipah outbreaks, Kerala yet to look into bat biology
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Despite repeated Nipah outbreaks, Kerala yet to look into bat biology

New Indian Express  

“Till the source is traced the Nipah virus infections will recur,” head of the Wildlife Biology Department at KFRI Balakrishnan Peroth told TNIE. “KFRI has all the expertise, human resources and infrastructure to carry out a scientific study on the biology of bats. Though KFRI has researchers and students who deal with bats, the state government has yet to approach …

Vaccine-resistant new COVID-like virus discovered in Russian bats could infect humans, finds study
2 years, 3 months ago

Vaccine-resistant new COVID-like virus discovered in Russian bats could infect humans, finds study

Firstpost  

Washington: A newS-CoV-2-like virus discovered in Russian bats is capable of infecting humans, and is resistant to current vaccines against COVID-19, a study has found. A team led by researchers at Washington State University, US, found spike proteins from the bat virus, named Khosta-2, can infect human cells and is resistant to both the antibody therapies and blood serum from …

Bat coronaviruses silently infect tens of thousands of people each year, posing pandemic risk, study warns
2 years, 4 months ago

Bat coronaviruses silently infect tens of thousands of people each year, posing pandemic risk, study warns

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy There may be an average of over 65,000 cases of bat coronaviruses silently infecting people …

Why pangolins may not be the intermediate host
2 years, 7 months ago

Why pangolins may not be the intermediate host

The Hindu  

The origin debate on novel coronavirus is yet to be settled. However, the scientists were not able to find infectious pangolin coronavirus in organs other than the respiratory system and brain, which is different from hamsters infected by SARS-CoV-2 virus. Viral shedding by hamsters infected with pangolin coronavirus lasted for three days, while hamsters infected with SARS-CoV-2 shed virus for …

Where do bats get their terrifying reputation from?
2 years, 8 months ago

Where do bats get their terrifying reputation from?

The Independent  

Dracula has a lot to answer for. So when they jump to a different host like a human, it’s like a free playground where they can go on the rampage.” open image in gallery Linfa Wang, aka ‘Batman’, is one of the world’s leading specialists in the study of the potential medical benefits of bats As Covid-19 brought about millions …

Origins of virus responsible for Covid-19 traced to horseshoe bats
2 years, 10 months ago

Origins of virus responsible for Covid-19 traced to horseshoe bats

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It is clear that recombination is a defining feature of SARS-related coronaviruses and essential …

Scientists find bats with Covid-like viruses in Laos caves
3 years, 3 months ago

Scientists find bats with Covid-like viruses in Laos caves

India Today  

Scientists have discovered another clue to the origins of the virus that causes Covid-19, with bats living in caves in Laos found to be carrying a similar pathogen that experts suggest could potentially infect humans directly. Researchers from France's Pasteur Institute and the National University of Laos said their findings showed that viruses genetically close to the SARS-CoV-2 virus "exist …

Marburg Virus Disease in South Africa Know Deadly Marburg Virus Symptoms Causes WHO Guidelines
3 years, 4 months ago

Marburg Virus Disease in South Africa Know Deadly Marburg Virus Symptoms Causes WHO Guidelines

ABP News  

New Delhi: A case of the Marburg virus disease or MVD was reported from West Africa, the World Health Organization has said. Rousettus bats are the natural hosts for the Marburg virus, even though in the first outbreak the source were the Green monkeys. Symptoms Of Marburg A person can begin to show symptoms from anywhere between two and 21 …

Peter Daszak was studying Coronavirus in China a year before Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Peter Daszak was studying Coronavirus in China a year before Covid-19

Op India  

On June 14, it was reported that a video had emerged showing live bats in Wuhan Institute of Virology, adding to the theory that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may have leaked from the institute, accidentally or otherwise. These viruses include those able to bind to ACE2, the human cell-surface receptor for SARS-CoV, and able to infect and cause illness in the …

Uncovering the origins of the virus that sparked a pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

Uncovering the origins of the virus that sparked a pandemic

CNN  

CNN — Unlocking the mysteries of the exact origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 and launched a global pandemic in March 2020, has become one of the most burning questions in the scientific community. “The place where all of the nearest coronaviruses are known to exist in nature is about 1,000 miles from the place where the first …

World Health Assembly under lens as demand for fuller probe into China link to Covid-19 grows
3 years, 7 months ago

World Health Assembly under lens as demand for fuller probe into China link to Covid-19 grows

Hindustan Times  

Amidst a US intelligence report that advocates a larger probe into the possibility that the Covid-19 virus could have leaked from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, the World Health Assembly is meeting today to pass an anodyne resolution on setting up of an inter-governmental working group to further discuss the submitted three reports investigating the origins of the global pandemic …

WHO-China study on COVID-19 origin says transmission from bats to humans via another animal 'very likely'
3 years, 9 months ago

WHO-China study on COVID-19 origin says transmission from bats to humans via another animal 'very likely'

ABC  

A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario. Key points: The Associated Press says it has obtained a draft copy of the report that outlines the study's findings Overall, the findings are largely as expected and left many questions unanswered The …

WHO Dismisses Theory That Virus Escaped From Lab As 'Extremely Unlikely'
3 years, 10 months ago

WHO Dismisses Theory That Virus Escaped From Lab As 'Extremely Unlikely'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A group of World Health Organization researchers called the theory that the coronavirus pandemic is the result of a Chinese lab accident “extremely unlikely” following two weeks of fieldwork looking into the pandemic’s origins. That determination was made after “long, frank, open discussions with researchers and management” at the Wuhan Institute of Virology ― the lab suspected …

Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic
4 years ago

Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Night began to fall in Rio de Janeiro’s Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientists switched on their flashlights to traipse along a narrow trail of mud through dense rainforest. “The secret is that bats have unusual immune systems, and that’s related to their ability to fly,” said Raina Plowright, an epidemiologist who studies bats …

Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic
4 years ago

Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic

Live Mint  

Rio de Janeiro, AP — Night began to fall in Rio de Janeiro’s Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientists switched on their flashlights to traipse along a narrow trail of mud through dense rainforest. The November nighttime outing was part of a project at Brazil’s state-run Fiocruz Institute to collect and study viruses present in wild animals — …

Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic
4 years ago

Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Night began to fall in Rio de Janeiro’s Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientists switched on their flashlights to traipse along a narrow trail of mud through dense rainforest. The November nighttime outing was part of a project at Brazil’s state-run Fiocruz Institute to collect and study viruses present in wild animals — including …

Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic
4 years ago

Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The secret is that bats have unusual immune systems, …

2 viruses closely related to coronavirus found in Japan, Cambodia
4 years, 1 month ago

2 viruses closely related to coronavirus found in Japan, Cambodia

Hindustan Times  

Researchers, health experts and scientists across the globe have agreed that Sars-CoV-2, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease, originated through bats or pangolins. Now, a recent discovery has revealed a form of coronavirus very closely related to the current one in horseshoe bats stored in a freezer in Cambodia, researchers told scientific journal Nature. These findings do not give …

How the deadly Nipah virus jumps from bats to humans found
4 years, 2 months ago

How the deadly Nipah virus jumps from bats to humans found

India TV News  

The deadly Nipah virus kills nearly 75 per cent of the people it infects, but the circumstances under which the bat species, known as the Indian flying fox, transmits the virus to humans has remained a mystery. "To prevent outbreaks in humans, we need to know when bats may transmit the virus, and this study provides a deep understanding of …

AP PHOTOS: Thai scientists catch bats to trace virus origins
4 years, 4 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Thai scientists catch bats to trace virus origins

Associated Press  

KANCHANABURI, Thailand — Researchers in Thailand have been trekking though the countryside to catch bats in their caves in an effort to trace the murky origins of the coronavirus. Initial research has already pointed to bats as the source of the virus that has afflicted more than 20.5 million people and caused the deaths of over 748,000 worldwide, according to …

Thai scientists catch bats to trace origins of the coronavirus
4 years, 4 months ago

Thai scientists catch bats to trace origins of the coronavirus

LA Times  

A researcher removes a bat from a trapping net inside a cave at Sai Yok National Park in Thailand. Researchers in Thailand have been trekking though the countryside to catch bats in their caves in an effort to trace the murky origins of the coronavirus. Thai researchers hiked up a hill in Sai Yok National Park in the western province …

Covid-19 Virus Has Been Circulating in Bats for Decades: Study
4 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 Virus Has Been Circulating in Bats for Decades: Study

News 18  

New York An international team of researchers has discovered that the lineage that gave rise to the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that is responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic, has been circulating in bats for decades and likely includes other viruses with the ability to infect humans. "Coronaviruses have genetic material that is highly recombinant, meaning different regions of the virus's genome …

Lineage Behind Novel Coronavirus May Have Been 'Circulating Unnoticed' in Bats for Decades: Study
4 years, 5 months ago

Lineage Behind Novel Coronavirus May Have Been 'Circulating Unnoticed' in Bats for Decades: Study

News 18  

The lineage that gave rise to the novel coronavirus diverged from the most closely related bat viruses about 40 to 70 years ago, according to a new study which sheds light on the origin of the viral strain behind the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings, published in the journal Nature Microbiology, suggest that the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is likely to have …

6 reasons why bats aren’t enemies, starting with tequila
4 years, 6 months ago

6 reasons why bats aren’t enemies, starting with tequila

CNN  

Anderson Cooper examines the possible connection between bats and many deadly human viruses in CNN Special Report “Bats: The Mystery Behind Covid-19.” Watch Sunday at 10 p.m. ET/PT. “Ninety-six percent is a different virus; it’s a bit like the difference between us and chimpanzees,” Peter Daszak, the president of the non-profit EcoHealth Alliance, explains in CNN Special Report “Bats: The …

World Environment Day 2020: Bats are not the enemy in the fight against the novel Coronavirus
4 years, 7 months ago

World Environment Day 2020: Bats are not the enemy in the fight against the novel Coronavirus

Firstpost  

Oversimplification of scientific facts and misinterpretations have triggered a backlash against bats, prompting biologists to clear the air on bat-borne viruses. In a statement released on April 24, 2020, 64 chiropterologists from six South Asian nations debunked myths on COVID-19 and bats stating that bats do not spread the novel coronavirus disease.”The novel coronavirus diverged from the closest coronavirus found …

Pangolins may have incubated the novel coronavirus, gene study shows
4 years, 7 months ago

Pangolins may have incubated the novel coronavirus, gene study shows

CNN  

CNN — A deep dive into the genetics of the novel coronavirus shows it seems to have spent some time infecting both bats and pangolins before it jumped into humans, researchers said Friday. What is clear is that the coronavirus has swapped genes repeatedly with similar strains infecting bats, pangolins and a possible third species, a team of researchers from …

VIDEO: Virus Hunters Seek To Solve The Mystery Of Coronavirus Origins
4 years, 7 months ago

VIDEO: Virus Hunters Seek To Solve The Mystery Of Coronavirus Origins

NPR  

VIDEO: Virus Hunters Seek To Solve The Mystery Of Coronavirus Origins Michael Zamora and Ben de la Cruz/NPR YouTube Scientists have learned a great deal about how the novel coronavirus spreads. But bats also harbor some of the toughest known zoonotic diseases — those caused by germs that spread between animals and people. The virus has a 96% genetic similarity …

Amid COVID-19, let’s not forget how bats help our environment
4 years, 7 months ago

Amid COVID-19, let’s not forget how bats help our environment

The Hindu  

Let us get two things straight. Because, “The current pandemic virus, SARS-CoV-2 has not been identified in any bat species, to date.” Two: Of the thousands of bat species around the world, only one — the intermediate horseshoe bat — is linked to COVID-19, that too indirectly. The most common ones that people see in India are the large Common …

Decoded: How bats carry coronavirus without getting sick
4 years, 8 months ago

Decoded: How bats carry coronavirus without getting sick

India TV News  

Scientists have uncovered how bats can carry the MERS coronavirus without getting sick, shedding light on what triggers coronaviruses, including the one behind the COVID-19 pandemic, to jump to humans. We wanted to understand why the MERS virus doesn't shut down the bat immune responses as it does in humans," said USask microbiologist Vikram Misra. "Instead of killing bat cells …

The virus hunters who search bat caves to predict the next pandemic
4 years, 8 months ago

The virus hunters who search bat caves to predict the next pandemic

CNN  

Anderson Cooper examines the possible connection between bats and many deadly human viruses in CNN Special Report “Bats: The Mystery Behind Covid-19.” Watch Sunday at 10 p.m. ET/PT. “We also carry out oral and faecal swabs and gather droppings,” says Peter Daszak, who presides over EcoHealth Alliance, an American NGO which specializes in detecting new viruses and pandemic prevention. “It …

Coronavirus: Exterminating bats blamed for spreading Covid-19 would increase risk of further diseases, warn experts
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Exterminating bats blamed for spreading Covid-19 would increase risk of further diseases, warn experts

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Exterminating colonies of bats because they were the source of Covid-19 would be pointless and …

Coronavirus | Humans to blame for pandemic
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | Humans to blame for pandemic

The Hindu  

Whether it came from a bat or a pangolin is not certain, but one thing is: the coronavirus outbreak comes from the animal world. Gwenael Vourc’h of INRAE, a French public research institute, also blames human activity for the crossover between species.“Given the growth of the human population and its ever more intense use of planetary resources, the destruction of …

Study: bat coronaviruses not related to COVID-19
4 years, 8 months ago

Study: bat coronaviruses not related to COVID-19

The Hindu  

The coronaviruses detected in the Pteropus and Rousettus species of bats from different States, including Kerala, have nothing to do with COVID-19, researchers have said. Moreover, the newly identified bat coronavirus had no role in spreading any diseases in human beings, Pragya D. Yadav, the first author of the study, told The Hindu. Mass killing Several wildlife researchers, including those …

Bat coronaviruses discovered in Myanmar study don't appear to harm humans
4 years, 8 months ago

Bat coronaviruses discovered in Myanmar study don't appear to harm humans

Firstpost  

Last week, scientists from the Smithsonian’s Global Health program discovered six new coronaviruses in bats living in popular caves in Myanmar. Scientists associated with the United States Agency for International Development’s PREDICT program have discovered 140 new coronaviruses since 2009, with the aim of studying their effects on humans and planning interventions to mitigate future outbreaks. Last week, scientists from …

Study shows pangolins might be the missing link that passed the Coronavirus from bats to humans
4 years, 8 months ago

Study shows pangolins might be the missing link that passed the Coronavirus from bats to humans

Firstpost  

The scientific community agree that SARS-CoV-2 originated in horseshoe bats but it is unlikely that it was directly passed onto humans. Mystery of zoonotic transmission Since January 2020, the current consensus among the scientific community is that SARS-CoV-2 originated in horseshoe bats ; however, it’s unlikely that bats directly gave the virus to humans based on what’s known about transmission …

Coronaviruses found in two Indian bat species: ICMR study
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronaviruses found in two Indian bat species: ICMR study

India Today  

As the world grapples with coronavirus, researchers have found the presence of a different kind of coronavirus -- bat coronavirus --in two bat species from Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, according to a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research. The study has been published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research, Twenty-five bats of Rousettus and …

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Jaipur worst-hit in Rajasthan with district reporting 83 of 108 new cases; state's tally climbs to 1,005, toll at 11
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Jaipur worst-hit in Rajasthan with district reporting 83 of 108 new cases; state's tally climbs to 1,005, toll at 11

Firstpost  

10:32 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Coronavirus in India Latest Updates ICMR study finds presence of ‘bat coronavirus’ in two Indian bat species As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, researchers have found the presence of a different kind of coronavirus — bat coronavirus — in two bat species from Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, according to a …

Where Did The Coronavirus Start? Virus Hunters Find Clues In Bats : Short Wave : NPR
4 years, 8 months ago

Where Did The Coronavirus Start? Virus Hunters Find Clues In Bats : Short Wave : NPR

NPR  

Where Did This Coronavirus Originate? Virus Hunters Find Genetic Clues In Bats Enlarge this image toggle caption Justin Ng/Linfa Wang Justin Ng/Linfa Wang Updated at 11 a.m. Researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China compared its genome to a library of known viruses — and found a 96% match with coronavirus samples taken from horseshoe bats from Yunnan. …

How do viruses mutate and jump species? And why are 'spillovers' becoming more common?
4 years, 8 months ago

How do viruses mutate and jump species? And why are 'spillovers' becoming more common?

Firstpost  

In spite of many viruses existing in animal hosts, it is rare for spillovers to happen since many factors need to align at the right time. Occasionally, viruses will “emerge” or “spillover” from their original host to a new host. For a virus to infect a new host, some or all protein “keys” may need to be modified. For instance, …

From bats to people to tigers? Viruses that can jump species
4 years, 9 months ago

From bats to people to tigers? Viruses that can jump species

CNN  

CNN — The discovery that a tiger at the Bronx Zoo tested positive for the coronavirus has raised new questions about viruses that can jump from animals to humans to animals. Jonathan Epstein: The confirmed tiger case is the first evidence of SARS CoV2 in a captive wildlife species – a big cat– and also suggests likely transmission from a …

Op-Ed: COVID-19 shows that what we’re doing to animals is killing us, too
4 years, 9 months ago

Op-Ed: COVID-19 shows that what we’re doing to animals is killing us, too

LA Times  

Scientists suspect that COVID-19 is caused by a virus that jumped from bats to humans through wildlife sold at a live animal market. About two-thirds of emerging infectious diseases in humans — including COVID-19, SARS, MERS, Ebola, HIV, Zika, H1N1, cholera and almost all recent epidemics — came from animals. As 7.8 billion people on this planet radically alter ecosystems …

From Nipah to coronavirus, a story of bats battering humans
4 years, 10 months ago

From Nipah to coronavirus, a story of bats battering humans

India Today  

Have you seen a girl throwing stones at a beehive? The flying foxes are natural reservoir for many viruses with which the bats have learnt to live healthy lives but the exposure poses serious health threats to humans and animals living inside human habitat. Researchers working on the lives of bats say the population of bats has declined over the …

New Research: Bats Harbor Hundreds Of Coronaviruses, And Spillovers Aren't Rare
4 years, 10 months ago

New Research: Bats Harbor Hundreds Of Coronaviruses, And Spillovers Aren't Rare

NPR  

New Research: Bats Harbor Hundreds Of Coronaviruses, And Spillovers Aren't Rare Enlarge this image toggle caption Kevin Olival Kevin Olival Three years ago, NPR accompanied disease ecologist Kevin Olival on a field trip to Malaysian Borneo. Olival says what they found is alarming: "We found evidence for, in total, from all the sampling we did in China, about 400 new …

Fact Check: Old, unrelated video of bats streaming out from a roof linked to coronavirus outbreak
4 years, 10 months ago

Fact Check: Old, unrelated video of bats streaming out from a roof linked to coronavirus outbreak

India Today  

Amid the coronavirus outbreak in China and WHO declaring it a global health emergency, a video of bats being removed from a rooftop is doing the rounds on social media. In the video, hundreds of bats can be seen hiding underneath the tiles of the rooftop of a house in China’s Wuhan, from where the virus is believed to have …

Bats Carry Many Viruses. So Why Don't They Get Sick?
4 years, 11 months ago

Bats Carry Many Viruses. So Why Don't They Get Sick?

NPR  

Bats Carry Many Viruses. Kevin Olival, vice president of research at EcoHealth Alliance, U.S.-based nonprofit, says scientists aren't completely sure why, but it may have to do with the families of viruses that some bats tend to carry. "There's a lot of viruses we're finding in bats because there's a lot of bats out there," says Rebekah Kading, who researches …

Endangered pangolin suspect No.1 as direct source of coronavirus outbreak
4 years, 11 months ago

Endangered pangolin suspect No.1 as direct source of coronavirus outbreak

Hindustan Times  

Chinese researchers investigating the animal origin of the deadly coronavirus outbreak in China said Friday the endangered pangolin may be the “missing link” between bats and humans, but other scientists said the search may not be over. After testing more than 1,000 samples from wild animals, scientists at the South China Agricultural University found the genome sequences of viruses in …

Study on bats and bat hunters in Nagaland to be probed
4 years, 11 months ago

Study on bats and bat hunters in Nagaland to be probed

The Hindu  

The government has ordered an inquiry into a study conducted in Nagaland by researchers from the U.S., China and India on bats and humans carrying antibodies to deadly viruses like Ebola, officials confirmed to The Hindu. The study, conducted by scientists of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, the National Centre for Biological Sciences, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the …

Coronavirus, Nipah, SARS, Ebola: How Do Bats Live With So Many Viruses?
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus, Nipah, SARS, Ebola: How Do Bats Live With So Many Viruses?

News 18  

If previous outbreaks of coronavirus are any indication, the Wuhan strain that is now spreading may eventually be traced back to bats. Dr. Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, who has been working in China for 15 years studying diseases that jump from animals to people, said, “We don’t know the source yet, but there’s pretty strong evidence that this …

Coronavirus outbreak might have originated in infected bats – here’s why scientists think so
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak might have originated in infected bats – here’s why scientists think so

Firstpost  

Bats may have an immune system that lets them coexist with many disease-causing viruses, experts think. Dr. Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, who has been working in China for 15 years studying diseases that jump from animals to people, said, “We don’t know the source yet, but there’s pretty strong evidence that this is a bat origin coronavirus.” He …

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