Bats in Laos host closest relative to Covid-19 virus


  • Laos
  • Saturday, 19 Feb 2022

Image from Laotian Times.

VIENTIANE, Feb 19: Newly-discovered coronaviruses found among bats in Laos and southern China show unprecedented similarities to the virus that causes Covid-19, reports Laotian Times.

The recent discovery of coronaviruses in bats that bear remarkable similarity to SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes Covid-19 — could support the theory that the pandemic originated in limestone caves in Laos or southern China.

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