According to today’s website in Russia, the study shows that there is a need to monitor pathogens to prevent spreading.
The novel virus represents a clear lineage of the HKU5 coronavirus, originally identified in Hong Kong’s Japanese pipistrel bat.
The study, conducted at the Guangzhou Institute, was led by Si Zhengli, often referred to as “Batwoman” due to extensive work on the bat coronavirus. Zhengli is best known for his work at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. While one theory assumes lab leaks in Uhan, Shi consistently denied that the lab was blamed on the outbreak.
Last December, the US Congressional Election Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic completed a 520-page report on the origins of the infection. In a two-year investigation, the Chinese government, along with some international experts and agencies, alleged that they “sought to hide facts about the origins of the pandemic.”
Beijing rejected the Lab Leak theory.
The coronavirus, first detected in Wuhan, a central city in China in December 2019, spread well beyond the country’s borders, killing more than 7 million people around the world.
MNA