Afghanistan, Feb. 22 -- Researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have discovered a new strain of the coronavirus in bats, which enters human cells in a similar manner to the COVID-19 virus. This new virus has not been observed in humans and has only been detected in a laboratory setting.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology is renowned for its research on coronaviruses, and some theories have suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic may have originated from this laboratory. According to the report, the new virus uses the same cell surface protein for entering human cells as SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.
Chinese researchers working on this virus have expressed concerns that the similar transmission mechanism incre...