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Posted on February 14, 2021February 14, 2021

Explained: Probing the origin of SARS-CoV-2 virus

As per WHO, the field visits included the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Huanan market, Wuhan CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) laboratory. According to WHO, the team was “limited by visits…

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Posted on February 11, 2021

Conspiracy theories about SARS-CoV-2 virus origin put to rest

Genome sequence data and lab origin While many scientists had dismissed the lab-origin theory, in mid-February 2020, a group of 27 prominent scientists from outside China went a step ahead and “strongly…

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Posted on August 1, 2020August 2, 2020

Novel coronavirus lineage circulated unnoticed in bats for decades, study says

SARS-CoV-2 virus diverged from closely related bat viruses 40-70 years ago. Novel coronavirus had not arisen from recombination of any sarbecoviruses, and the ability of the spike protein in the…

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Posted on February 1, 2020

How bats harbour several viruses yet not get sick

Bats serve as natural hosts for numerous viruses including Ebola virus, Nipah virus, SARS, MERS and the novel coronavirus. Yet, the viruses even when present in large numbers do not…

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