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Beijing: The world has not yet fully recovered from the outbreak of the corona virus and another disturbing news is coming from China. According to reports, a team of Chinese virologists has discovered a new corona virus found in bats. According to a media report, the dangerous thing is that this virus can also infect humans. This study was led by Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli of the controversial ‘Wuhan Institute of Virology’ i.e. WIV. It is said that COVID-19 spread around the world from WIV.
‘HKU5 is a new form of corona virus’
Shi, known as ‘Bat Woman’ for her research on viruses originating from bats, and the Chinese government also deny that the virus started spreading from WIV. The newest virus ‘HKU5’ is a new form of corona virus, which was first identified in Japanese pipistrelle bats in Hong Kong. According to the Hong Kong-based ‘South China Morning Post’, this new virus has emerged from the ‘Merbecovirus’ subtypes, which also includes the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
‘Can spread in various mammals’
According to the report, in a study published in the magazine ‘Cell’ on Tuesday, the team of virologists headed by Shi wrote, ‘We have identified a separate lineage (lineage 2) of HKU5-COV, which can spread not only in bats and humans but also in various mammals with the same genetic properties of the same origin. ‘ Researchers found that when the virus was isolated from bat samples, it was found that it could infect human cells as well as small groups of artificially grown cells or tissue, which looked like small respiratory or intestinal organs.
