The virus, unearthed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, ... The bat virus, referred to as HKU5-CoV-2, uses the same human receptor as SARS-CoV-2, a strain of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. 4.

The origins of COVID-19 remain a mystery as WHO says “Cannot rule out any theory” after an inconclusive study. Many theories ...

The Chinese lab eyed as a potential source of COVID-19 has admitted having three live strains of bat coronavirus on-site — but insisted none are the source of the global pandemic. The Wuhan ...

One Wuhan University post about a sampling trip to Yunnan in the summer of 2019 (a few months before the pandemic started) shows researchers entering bat caves in street clothes and handling bats ...

A lack of transparency from Chinese officials and looming geopolitical consequences have damaged the credibility of a WHO-led inquiry into how the virus that causes COVID-19 originated. Lesley ...

R esearchers at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology have identified a new coronavirus in bats that uses the same entry pathway into cells as the virus responsible for Covid-19. The virus has not ...

Coronavirus Biden admin restarts bat virus research grant that funded Wuhan lab, coronavirus testing The Wuhan Institute of Virology plays a limited role in the new grant ...

The Wuhan lab and the virus. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) in Washington, D.C. on March 23, 2021. Senator Paul's debate with Dr. Fauci, fact-checked and explained Greg Nash/Getty ...

Both the Wuhan coronavirus and the SARS virus likely jumped from bats to other animals, which then passed it to humans.

More controversial was the Wuhan institute’s 2015 research into creating a chimera, the hybrid virus that combined elements from two bat-borne coronaviruses, including one that causes SARS.

Scientists have said that a type of snake may be the original source of the Wuhan coronavirus. However, other infectious disease experts say the ultimate culprit is more likely to be the bat.