24 Bat Coronaviruses found in southern China
An international research team of scientists in China has found 24 bat coronaviruses that were previously unknown. Out of 24, 4 of them that are also related to the strain which causes COVID-19 have been found in Southwestern China. The Chinese government has continued to fund various research teams to study bat viruses across the country.
BEIJING : During the search for the origin of the novel coronavirus, an international team of scientists have found 24 previously unknown bat coronaviruses, with four of them related to the strain that causes COVID-19, within a 4 km radius in southwestern China.
One virus carried ‘a genomic backbone arguably the closest to SARS-CoV-2 identified to date, but none appeared to be a direct ancestor of the coronavirus responsible for the pandemic, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported citing a non-peer-reviewed paper published last week.
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