Another pandemic? What is HKU5-CoV-2, new Covid-like bat virus found in Wuhan?

Another pandemic? What is HKU5-CoV-2, new Covid-like bat virus found in Wuhan?

Chinese researchers have found a new bat virus called HKU5-CoV-2, which can enter human cells using the same gateway as the highly contagious SAR-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. However, researchers say the newly discovered germ is much less capable of rapidly spreading among people than SARS-CoV-2

Security personnel keep watch outside Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Reuters