Chinese scientists have discovered several previously unknown species of coronavirus in bats. One of them may be genetically similar to SARS-CoV-2. Writes about it CNN. New types of coronavirus infection found in bats in southwestern China's Yunnan province may spread to humans, experts say.

Scientists from Shandong University collected samples from small forest bats between May 2019 and November 2020 and found that these are 24 new coronavirus genomes from different species of bats, and four of them are similar to SARS-CoV-2.. Thus, the experts concluded that infections continue to spread among this species of animals.. Recall that molecular biologists have found in the blood of bats living in a cave in eastern Thailand, particles of coronavirus, which turned out to be similar in genome structure to SARS-CoV-2. The closest relative of SARS-CoV-2 was found in the south of China News from Telegram. Subscribe to our channel https: // t. me / korrespondentnet Author: 1.