Newly discovered bat coronavirus

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A new virus has been found that could cause issues similar to Covid-19:

A newly discovered bat coronavirus could at some point spread to humans like COVID-19, Chinese researchers have found.

The virus, HKU5-CoV-2, does not enter human cells as readily as SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, the scientists reported in the journal Cell.

However, they found that the bat virus uses the same cell-surface protein, ACE2, as SARS-CoV-2 to help it enter human cells.

In lab experiments, HKU5-CoV-2 infected human cells with high ACE2 levels in test tubes and in models of human intestines and airways.

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Scientists find new virus that could infect humans in same way as COVID-19

In lab experiments, HKU5-CoV-2 infected human cells with high ACE2 levels in test tubes and in models of human intestines and airways.

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