Scientists in China discover viruses in bats similar to that of COVID

Researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, declared to have discovered a new coronavirus carried by bats that enters the cells using the same entrance door as the virus caused by the COVID-19.

This virus has not been detected in humans, only identified in a laboratory. The news of the discovery made the actions of some vaccine manufacturers up Friday.

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The discovery of the laboratory raises the possibility that this new virus in some bats can spread from animals to humans, researchers said in an article published on Tuesday in Cell magazine.

The Virus Research Center of Wuhan He is known for his work on the Murciélagos Coronavirus. A theory about how Covid pandemic began is that the virus leaked from that laboratory, perhaps through an infected worker.

Institute researchers have previously denied having worked with any virus that could have started the pandemic. In 2023, in the midst of the controversy, the United States arrested financing for the laboratory, which had received money through the Ecohealth Alliance based in the United States.

This virus carried by newly discovered bats infects the cells by joining a protein that is found throughout the body of humans and other mammals. It is closely related to the coronavirus family that causes the Middle East respiratory syndrome.

This virus, also known as Mershas been confirmed in about 2,600 people around the world between 2012 and May 2024, and has caused death in approximately 36% of those infected. The vast majority of cases occurred in Saudi Arabia, according to the World Health Organization website.