A novel coronavirus has again been detected in bats, with scientists in China claiming it has the potential to spread to humans and spark another global pandemic.
The new HKU5-CoV-2 virus strain recently detected in bats has striking similarities to the SARS-CoV2 virus, or COVID-19, according to Chinese scientists, including lead researcher virologist Shi Zhengli, the “bat lady” who worked at the Wuhan Institute of Virology known for its ties to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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The study published in the journal Cell reportedly claims HKU5-CoV-2 has the potential for zoonotic transmission, with researchers stating there’s a “high risk of spillover to humans, either through direct transmission or facilitated by intermediate hosts.”
According to the Daily Mail, “Tests showed HKU5-CoV-2 infiltrated human cells in the same way as SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid.”
Additionally, the Mail warns, “The new virus is even closer related to MERS, a deadlier type of coronavirus that kills up to a third of people it infects.”
Scientists noted the new virus is part of the merbecovirus family of pathogens, which have been detected in minks and pangolins—the latter suspected of being the link in Covid’s spread from bats to humans.
“This, the scientists wrote, ‘suggests frequent cross-species transmission of these viruses between bats and other animal species,'” the Mail reports.
“This study reveals a distinct lineage of HKU5-CoVs in bats that efficiently use human [cells] and underscores their potential zoonotic risk,” the study’s authors wrote.
Scientists claimed HKU5-CoV-2 has a “higher potential for interspecies infection,” prompting worries a new pandemic could be on the horizon.
The possibility of a new pandemic reportedly spooked the stock market Friday.
ZeroHedge reports:
With today’s big $2.7 trillion options expiration ‘unclenching gamma’, the market is more free to move, but many are citing a report by The Daily Mail claiming a new coronavirus has been discovered in the wild in China that has the potential to another pandemic.
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