CoV-2, which can enter human cells using the same gateway as the highly contagious SAR-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

Scientists also discovered that HKU5-CoV-2 might infect human cells as well as small lung or gut tissues cultured in a lab.

The virus, unearthed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission, though the ...

The discovery of a new bat coronavirus in China has sparked concerns of another pandemic. The virus, HKU5-CoV-2, is similar ...

China has discovered a new coronavirus in bats that can enter the human body like Covid-19. The new virus, HKU5-CoV, hasn't ...

Scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have shared warnings of a new strain of Covid found in bats which ...

Researchers have discovered a virus that could enter human cells in a similar way to COVID-19. But they caution it's much ...

Shares of Asian diagnostic kit makers and vaccine producers rallied on Monday, following global peers higher after ...

CoV-2, has been discovered by the scientists at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology. This virus is similar to the virus that ...

Researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China said they discovered a new coronavirus in bats that enters cells ...

HKU5-CoV-2 was found by a Chinese research team led by virologist Shi Zhengli, known as "Batwoman" for her work on ...

More than five years on, studies suggest the animal is the most likely culprit, but other candidates haven't been ruled out.