COVID-19 pandemic, Wuhan and bat virus

HKU5-CoV-2, belongs to the merbecovirus subgenus, which includes the Mers virus. This newly isolated strain can bind to the ...
A Chinese research team has discovered a new bat coronavirus which uses the same receptor as Covid-19 to infect humans.
HKU5-CoV-2 was found by a Chinese research team led by virologist Shi Zhengli, known as "Batwoman" for her work on ...
Although definitions of gain-of-function differ, investigative reports leave no question researchers manipulated ...
Experiments revealed that HKU5-CoV-2 enters human cells in the same manner as SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for Covid-19.
More than five years on, studies suggest the animal is the most likely culprit, but other candidates haven't been ruled out.