Tracing The Origin of Coronavirus In Bats And Pangolins by Pooja Shete on February 15, 2021 at 12:14 PM
Scientists have said that across many parts of Asia, coronaviruses related to SARS-CoV-2 may be circulating in bats. At a wildlife sanctuary in eastern Thailand, a virus that is a close match to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, has been discovered in bats.
The scientists have predicted that related coronaviruses may be present in bats across many Asian nations and regions. This discovery extends the area in which related viruses have been found to a distance of 4,800km.
The study led by Lin-Fa Wang of the University of Singapore is published in the journal