A new coronavirus lineage discovered in bats by Wuhan scientists can infect human cells but is not a current public health threat, experts say ...

Scientists in China have discovered a new type of coronavirus in bats that can infect human cells, but experts say ...

HKU5-CoV-2 has sparked concerns because it can spread to humans in a similar way to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic ...

The CDC said in a statement on Monday that it does not believe the new coronavirus found in bats poses a concern to public health currently.

HKU5-CoV-2 shares similarities with COVID-19 as well as the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) (AP/File) Also Read: Covid-19-like bat virus discovered in Wuhan lab ...

A team of Chinese virologists has identified a novel bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, raising fears of potential spillover into ...

Hundreds of coronaviruses exist but only a few can infect humans, including SARS, SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome). This new one (HKU5-CoV-2 ...

The new virus belongs to the merbecovirus subgenus, which also includes the virus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers), the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.

A Chinese team has found a new bat coronavirus that carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission because it uses the same human receptor as the virus that causes Covid-19. The study was led by ...

Scientists in China have discovered a new bat coronavirus similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus, HKU5-CoV-2, belongs to the same group as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ...