A new bat coronavirus that has the capacity to spread to humans, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered. HKU5-CoV-2 was found by a Chinese research team led by virologist Shi Zhengli,

A newly identified coronavirus in China might be emerging and could have the potential to spread through humans. Similar to the early days of Covid, researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology discovered a new strain living within bats.

The South China Morning Post reports that a new strain of coronavirus has been identified in bats in China. A team of researchers has indicated that it may spread in the same manner as the virus responsible for the multi-year pandemic beginning in late 2019 and early 2020.