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Research finds novel coronavirus, related to SARS-Cov-2 that causes Covid-19, in horseshoe bats in UK

Hindustan Times | 21/07/2021 11:46 PM | Click to read full article

A novel coronavirus, related to SARS-CoV-2 that causes Covid-19 in humans, has been detected in horseshoe bats in the United Kingdom, a new collaborative research from the University of East Anglia, Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and Public Health England (PHE) showed.

The researchers, however, said that there is no evidence that the virus has been transmitted to humans, or that it could in future, unless it mutates.

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