Chinese researchers have identified a new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, which binds to the same receptor as the COVID-19 virus ...

Newly discovered bat coronavirus shares entry protein with COVID-19, but poses lower risk of human transmission, researchers ...

A media report underscores that the virus, found by a Chinese team of virologists, uses the same human receptor as the virus ...

Pfizer and Moderna stocks bucked the trend and soared after the news of a potential "deadlier version of Covid." ...

A new study led by Shi Zhengli, the Chinese scientist at the centre of research that’s suspected to have caused the Covid-19 ...

Another highly infectious variant of coronavirus - HKU5-CoV-2 detected in China is capable of evading vaccine-induced ...

Another coronavirus with a higher potential to infect humans than other coronaviruses has been discovered in bats by ...

A new highly infectious strain of coronavirus has been found in China by the researcher famed for her work at the Wuhan ...

This newly isolated strain can bind to the ACE2 receptor in human cells, the same pathway used by the Covid-19 virus.

HKU5-CoV-2 was found by a Chinese research team led by virologist Shi Zhengli, known as "Batwoman" for her work on ...

The study on the new virus was carried out by leading Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli, who is also known as the “batwoman” as ...