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 could even expose people to even greater risk of new viruses, experts are warning. “When wild animals of different species are captured or farmed and put together in large numbers in awful conditions, where they’re highly stressed and sold in wildlife markets, in close proximity to each other and to people that’s where the biggest risk of these viruses mutating into a form that can infect people exists,” he said. We can’t go round trying to eliminate the risk by exterminating animals in the wild.” Christian Walzer, executive director of health programmes for the US-based Wildlife Conservation Society, said: “Beyond the simple fact that persecuting wildlife further perturbs nature and enhances spillover events while also increasing the prevalence of pathogens in the remnant individuals, it is really important to clearly understand that local wildlife provides essential services to humans that far outweigh any perceived risk. “The emerging infectious diseases have become epidemics and pandemics over recent decades as we’ve globalised and invaded natural habitats through development and urbanisation and this massive exploitation of and trade in wildlife – that’s what’s created the increased risk – it’s not the animals themselves.” Having bat roosts near your home does not cause people any greater risk, he said, and horseshoe bats don’t roost around buildings anyway.

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Covid very likely came from a Chinese lab leak and there was 'obviously' a cover-up by Beijing, British expert says
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Covid very likely came from a Chinese lab leak and there was 'obviously' a cover-up by Beijing, British expert says

Daily Mail  

Covid most likely came from a lab leak in China and its origins were 'obviously' the subject of a cover-up by Beijing, a top British epidemiologist has said. Covid-19 emerged in Wuhan, central China, with differing theories among scientists over whether it could have come from the Wuhan Institute of Virology or a wet market in the region. Covid-19 emerged …

New genetic research points to Wuhan animal market as origin of COVID pandemic, study says
3 months, 2 weeks ago

New genetic research points to Wuhan animal market as origin of COVID pandemic, study says

LA Times  

A convoy of vehicles carrying investigators from the World Health Organization enters the interior of the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China, early in the COVID-19 pandemic. “This paper has more evidence that supports the animal origin through the Huanan market.” The analysis published Thursday was based on genetic data gleaned from hundreds of samples gathered in and around the …

‘Beyond reasonable doubt’ Covid pandemic originated at Wuhan market stall
3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Beyond reasonable doubt’ Covid pandemic originated at Wuhan market stall

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy It is beyond “reasonable doubt” that the Covid-19 pandemic originated in …

Nipah outbreaks still a puzzle; crucial man-animal link missing
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Nipah outbreaks still a puzzle; crucial man-animal link missing

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As the state grapples with its sixth Nipah virus outbreak, and the second one this year, there is still a lack of comprehensive understanding regarding effective prevention methods. While the health department’s efforts to contain Nipah were seen as a success, the World Health Organisation pointed out that there was a missed opportunity to collect timely and accurate data …

Dozens of viruses detected in Chinese fur farm animals
4 months ago

Dozens of viruses detected in Chinese fur farm animals

The Hindu  

Dozens of viruses have been detected mixing in animals at fur farms in China, some of which are new and have the potential to spill over into humans, researchers said on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Virologist Edward Holmes, who has led research into Covid-19, told AFP he felt that the global fur farming industry “is one most likely ways by …

Humans give more viruses to animals than they give us, study finds
9 months, 1 week ago

Humans give more viruses to animals than they give us, study finds

Hindustan Times  

Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens that jumped from animals to people. "This really highlights our enormous impact on the environment and the animals around us," said Cedric Tan, a doctoral student in computational biology at the University College London Genetics Institute, lead author of the study published this week in the journal Nature …

Nipah outbreak: Bats spotted at farmland owned by index case, say officials
1 year, 3 months ago

Nipah outbreak: Bats spotted at farmland owned by index case, say officials

Hindustan Times  

Kochi: The 47-year-old who died on August 30, considered the index case in the current Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, owned farmland near his home in Maruthonkara panchayat filled with areca nut trees and banana plants where bats are mostly seen, locals and health officials said, offering clues to the cause of the Nipah outbreak in Kozhikode district. Health workers …

The coronavirus has made itself at home in animals. Why that ramps up the risk for people
1 year, 7 months ago

The coronavirus has made itself at home in animals. Why that ramps up the risk for people

LA Times  

The COVID-19 pandemic is receding fast into our collective memory. Still, some are capable of transmitting the virus to other members of their species, just like the asymptomatic humans who became “silent spreaders.” The coronavirus’ ability to infect so many different animals, and to spread within some of those populations, is worrying news: It means there’s virtually no chance the …

Leave bats alone in their habitats for a pandemic-free future, says study
1 year, 7 months ago

Leave bats alone in their habitats for a pandemic-free future, says study

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Scientists make the case that pandemic prevention requires a global taboo or ban whereby mankind agreed to leave bats alone, to let them have the habitats they need, undisturbed, in a study published in the journal The Lancet Planetary Health. We must change humanity's relationship with nature if we want to prevent the next pandemic of zoonotic origin …

China enters new phase of COVID response
2 years ago

China enters new phase of COVID response

China Daily  

BEIJING -- From Jan 8, China starts managing COVID-19 with measures designed for combating Class B infectious diseases, instead of Class A infectious diseases. Confronted with epidemic uncertainties, China has always been putting people's lives and health first, adapting its COVID response in light of the evolving situation. The fast-changing features of the virus and the complicated evolution of epidemic …

China enters new phase of COVID response
2 years ago

China enters new phase of COVID response

China Daily  

From Sunday, China starts managing COVID-19 with measures designed for combating Class B infectious diseases, instead of Class A infectious diseases. Confronted with epidemic uncertainties, China has always been putting people's lives and health first, adapting its COVID response in light of the evolving situation. The fast-changing features of the virus and the complicated evolution of epidemic response posed serious …

China enters new phase of COVID response
2 years ago

China enters new phase of COVID response

China Daily  

BEIJING -- From Jan 8, China starts managing COVID-19 with measures designed for combating Class B infectious diseases, instead of Class A infectious diseases. Confronted with epidemic uncertainties, China has always been putting people's lives and health first, adapting its COVID response in light of the evolving situation. The fast-changing features of the virus and the complicated evolution of epidemic …

Covid-19 variants still transmissible between species, finds new study
2 years, 1 month ago

Covid-19 variants still transmissible between species, finds new study

Hindustan Times  

The SARS-CoV-2 virus is still highly transmissible between mammals, according to a study based on computer simulations. The findings, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, show how the viral spike proteins in several SARS-CoV-2 variants interact with the host cell receptors known as ACE2 in both humans and various bats of genus Rhinolophus. "We were hoping to see …

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 …

China: Animal market in Wuhan was epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic, says new study
2 years, 5 months ago

China: Animal market in Wuhan was epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic, says new study

Firstpost  

The investigation required neighborhood-level study within Wuhan to be more certain the virus was ‘zoonotic’ – that it jumped from animals to people Washington: An animal market in China’s Wuhan really was the epicenter of the Covid pandemic, according to a pair of new studies in the journal Science published Tuesday that claimed to have tipped the balance in the …

Covid virus likely leaked from Wuhan lab: WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus
2 years, 6 months ago

Covid virus likely leaked from Wuhan lab: WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus

India TV News  

Highlights Most likely explanation for Covid was a catastrophic accident at laboratory in Wuhan, says WHO chief Publicly, the UN health agency maintains that "all hypotheses remain on the table" At the beginning of the Covid, WHO was criticised for its deferential approach to China Just days after saying that the Covid lab leak theory needs "further investigations", the World …

COVID origins: WHO ‘open to any and all scientific evidence’
2 years, 7 months ago

COVID origins: WHO ‘open to any and all scientific evidence’

Al Jazeera  

UN health agency says latest investigation into origins of COVID-19 was inconclusive and more research must be done, including the possibility of a laboratory accident. That stance by the World Health Organization expert group marks a sharp reversal of the UN health agency’s initial assessment of the pandemic’s origins, when it concluded last year it was “extremely unlikely” that COVID-19 …

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 …

COVID-19: The endless search for the origins of the virus
2 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19: The endless search for the origins of the virus

Al Jazeera  

Two years after a pandemic was declared, scientists continue to debate how the coronavirus behind COVID-19 came to infect humans. “It isn’t fantastical to say there’s a cover-up.” For Chan and all those who argue that the SARS-CoV-2 virus could have originated from a lab, so long as an intermediary animal host that had passed the virus from bats to …

'Early version of Covid-19' is discovered in Chinese lab
2 years, 10 months ago

'Early version of Covid-19' is discovered in Chinese lab

Daily Mail  

Scientists have found traces of coronavirus that could bolster the theory that the pandemic began with a leak from a laboratory. Scientists have found traces of coronavirus that could bolster the theory that the pandemic began with a leak from a laboratory Scientists in Hungary found traces of a unique variant of coronavirus while examining DNA from soil from Antarctica …

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 …

One surrendered Hong Kong hamster tests Covid positive as city lockdown grows
2 years, 11 months ago

One surrendered Hong Kong hamster tests Covid positive as city lockdown grows

India Today  

Hong Kong authorities said on Sunday one hamster surrendered to authorities by pet-owners had tested positive for the Covid-19 virus and that over 2,200 hamsters had been culled as the city grappled to contain an outbreak. Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam earlier told reporters that she understood "pet owners are unhappy" with the killings, but said the biggest priority was …

Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID’s animal origins
3 years ago

Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID’s animal origins

Associated Press  

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery. “The lab-leak scenario gets a lot of attention, you know, on places like Twitter,” but “there’s no evidence that this virus was in a lab,” said University of Utah scientist Stephen Goldstein, who with 20 others wrote an article in the …

Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on covid’s animal origins
3 years ago

Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on covid’s animal origins

Live Mint  

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery. “The lab-leak scenario gets a lot of attention, you know, on places like Twitter,” but “there’s no evidence that this virus was in a lab,” said University of Utah scientist Stephen Goldstein, who with 20 others wrote an article in the …

Column: A new research paper adds to the evidence that COVID-19 came from animals, not a Chinese lab
3 years, 1 month ago

Column: A new research paper adds to the evidence that COVID-19 came from animals, not a Chinese lab

LA Times  

Medical staff help a patient walk into the hospital in Wuhan, China, in January 2020 as the pandemic was beginning. A new peer-reviewed research paper points to the likelihood that the COVID-19 pandemic originated at a seafood and wildlife market in Wuhan, China, rather than from a Chinese laboratory studying bat viruses. Worobey’s finding that the earliest identified COVID-19 cases …

Scientists find 18 more viruses from China's wet markets
3 years, 1 month ago

Scientists find 18 more viruses from China's wet markets

India TV News  

Highlights The origins of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has been linked with a seafood market in Wuhan The first cases of SARS-CoV-2 likely emerged from animal to human transmission at Wuhan's wet market An international team of scientists has identified 18 mammalian viruses, which pose high risk to humans and domestic animals, from China's infamous wet markets. China has maintained …

China's wildlife is a pandemic waiting to happen,' study finds
3 years, 1 month ago

China's wildlife is a pandemic waiting to happen,' study finds

Deccan Chronicle  

Wildlife species sold in wet markets in China were linked to the emergence of SARS and Covid-19. A study of more than a dozen species of game animals traded, sold and commonly consumed as exotic food in China identified 71 mammalian viruses, including 18 deemed “potentially high-risk” to people and domestic animals. “This study highlights exactly why the wildlife trade …

Origins of Covid-19 may never be known, says US intelligence agencies
3 years, 2 months ago

Origins of Covid-19 may never be known, says US intelligence agencies

India Today  

US intelligence agencies said on Friday they may never be able to identify the origins of COVID-19, as they released a new, more detailed version of their review of whether the coronavirus came from animal-to-human transmission or leaked from a lab. Former Republican President Donald Trump - who lost his bid for re-election as the deadly pandemic ravaged the U.S. …

US intel doesn’t expect to determine origins of COVID-19
3 years, 2 months ago

US intel doesn’t expect to determine origins of COVID-19

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Barring an unforeseen breakthrough, intelligence agencies won’t be able to conclude whether COVID-19 spread by animal-to-human transmission or leaked from a lab, officials said Friday in releasing a fuller version of their review into the origins of the pandemic. The full report notes that the Wuhan Institute of Virology “previously created chimeras, or combinations, of SARS-like coronaviruses, but …

Is this finally proof China created Covid?
3 years, 2 months ago

Is this finally proof China created Covid?

Daily Mail  

Viral, a gripping new book by Alina Chan and Matt Ridley, probes at the heart of the investigation into the origins of Covid-19 and the question preoccupying scientists around the world. Aerial view shows the P4 laboratory, left, on the campus of the now infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology in China's central Hubei province But by August 2020, with information …

China kills 3 housecats that tested positive for COVID-19
3 years, 3 months ago

China kills 3 housecats that tested positive for COVID-19

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. Read our privacy policy A city in northern China …

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 …

Cambodia bat researchers on mission to track Covid-19 origins
3 years, 3 months ago

Cambodia bat researchers on mission to track Covid-19 origins

India Today  

Researchers are collecting samples from bats in northern Cambodia in a bid to understand the coronavirus pandemic, returning to a region where a very similar virus was found in the animals a decade ago. "We hope that the result from this study can help the world to have a better understanding about Covid-19," field coordinator Thavry Hoem told Reuters, as …

Covid-19 'not developed' as biological weapon: US intel agencies fail to reach conclusion on virus origins
3 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19 'not developed' as biological weapon: US intel agencies fail to reach conclusion on virus origins

India Today  

The US intelligence community has failed to reach any firm conclusion on the exact origin of COVID-19 and is split on whether it leaked from a lab in China or emerged in nature, even though it does not believe the virus was developed as a biological weapon, according to results of a detailed review ordered by President Joe Biden. The …

COVID-19 origins: China rejects WHO proposal to return to Wuhan
3 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19 origins: China rejects WHO proposal to return to Wuhan

Al Jazeera  

China has rejected a proposal from the World Health Organization that the expert team investigating the origins of COVID-19 should return to the sites in China where the coronavirus first emerged, saying researchers should instead make a priority of the “very likely” possibility that the virus originated in animals and expand their work to other countries around the world. Speaking …

WHO proposes fresh coronavirus mission to China and lab audits
3 years, 5 months ago

WHO proposes fresh coronavirus mission to China and lab audits

India Today  

The World Health Organization on Friday proposed a second phase of studies into the origins of the coronavirus in China, including audits of laboratories and markets in Wuhan, calling for transparency from authorities. Phase two work would require studies of humans, wildlife and animal markets in Wuhan, including Huanan wholesale market, he said in remarks released by the agency. It …

Covid risks: Indonesian markets discovered slaughtering and selling live bats, rats and dogs
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid risks: Indonesian markets discovered slaughtering and selling live bats, rats and dogs

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. Read our privacy policy Street stalls in Indonesia have …

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 …

Covid China: No bats or pangolins sold at Wuhan wet markets before pandemic, Oxford study says
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid China: No bats or pangolins sold at Wuhan wet markets before pandemic, Oxford study says

Daily Mail  

No bats or pangolins were sold at Wuhan wet markets immediately before the coronavirus pandemic started, according to an Oxford-led study. Most of the early theories pointed to bats - but according to the new study, no bats were sold there A menagerie of nearly 50,000 animals was documented by the scientists, but not a single bat was among the …

Top official says WHO cannot force China to give more information on origin of Covid-19
3 years, 7 months ago

Top official says WHO cannot force China to give more information on origin of Covid-19

India Today  

A top World Health Organisation official said on Monday that the WHO cannot compel China to divulge more data on Covid-19’s origins, while adding it will propose studies needed to take understanding of where the virus emerged to the “next level”. Pressed by a reporter on how the WHO will “compel” China into being more open, Mike Ryan, director of …

Researchers reveal global 'hot spots' where new coronaviruses may emerge
3 years, 7 months ago

Researchers reveal global 'hot spots' where new coronaviruses may emerge

Hindustan Times  

Global land-use changes including forest fragmentation, agricultural expansion and concentrated livestock production are creating 'hot spots' favourable for bats that carry coronaviruses and where conditions are ripe for the diseases to jump from bats to humans, finds a new study. By identifying areas of forest fragmentation, human settlement and agricultural and livestock production, and comparing these to known horseshoe bat …

'Scientists Silenced and Disappeared': New Study Says China Created Virus in Lab, Tried to Cover Tracks
3 years, 7 months ago

'Scientists Silenced and Disappeared': New Study Says China Created Virus in Lab, Tried to Cover Tracks

News 18  

A new study, quoted by ANI, has found that Chinese scientists created the virus in a lab in Wuhan, then tried to cover their tracks by reverse-engineering versions of the virus to make it look like it evolved naturally from bats. The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus has no “credible natural ancestor” and was created by Chinese scientists who were working …

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 …

Wild Recovery: Protecting nature and preventing the next pandemic
3 years, 8 months ago

Wild Recovery: Protecting nature and preventing the next pandemic

Al Jazeera  

earthrise looks at protecting wildlife and preventing pandemics through the stories of two endangered mammals which have been investigated for links to COVID-19. In southern India, locals are safeguarding the only remaining home of one critically endangered bat. And disease ecologist, Jonathan Epstein, explains how our encroachment on nature is making another outbreak “almost guaranteed”. With films made by Untamed …

Whatever your thoughts on the origin of Covid, all theories point to the same solution
3 years, 9 months ago

Whatever your thoughts on the origin of Covid, all theories point to the same solution

The Independent  

Conclusions from the highly anticipated World Health Organisation report on the origin of Covid-19 have been revealed, pointing to exotic animals farmed for trade as the most likely source of the virus, while a chorus of detractors continue pushing the theory that the real leak may have been from a Chinese lab. Donate to help Stop the Illegal Wildlife Trade …

WHO Covid-19 origin study delayed, lacked access: US, 13 countries express concern
3 years, 9 months ago

WHO Covid-19 origin study delayed, lacked access: US, 13 countries express concern

India Today  

The United States and 13 other countries expressed concerns on Tuesday that the World Health Organization report on the origins of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was delayed and lacked access to complete data, according to a joint statement. "It is equally essential that we voice our shared concerns that the international expert study on the source of the …

WHO Covid-19 origin report says virus likely spread to people from an animal – but needs more study
3 years, 9 months ago

WHO Covid-19 origin report says virus likely spread to people from an animal – but needs more study

CNN  

CNN — The novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19 probably spread to people through an animal, and probably started spreading among humans no more than a month or two before it was noticed in December of 2019, according a new 120-page report from the World Health Organization. The report says introduction through cold food products is considered a “possible pathway” and …

WHO report: COVID likely 1st jumped into humans from animals
3 years, 9 months ago

WHO report: COVID likely 1st jumped into humans from animals

Associated Press  

GENEVA — A joint World Health Organization-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 and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely,” according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press. “I want to read the report first and then get a …

WHO draft report says animals are likely source of covid-19
3 years, 9 months ago

WHO draft report says animals are likely source of covid-19

Live Mint  

Beijing, 29 March: 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 and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely,” according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press. However, the report says that “the evolutionary distance between these bat viruses …

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