Another coronavirus with pandemic potential has been discovered in China. The new strain, HKU5-CoV-2, is similar to the virus behind Covid and MERS, and has a high risk of spillover to humans. The virus was detected in bats and has the potential for interspecies infection. The research was conducted by the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which is at the center of the lab-leak theory for Covid-19.
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