The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has addressed concerns about a new bat coronavirus that has the capacity to spread to humans, saying there is “no reason to believe it currently poses a concern to public health.”
HKU5-CoV-2, the coronavirus that was recently discovered by a Chinese research team, has sparked concerns because it can spread to humans in a similar way to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.
But the CDC told Newsweek: “CDC is aware of a publication about a new bat coronavirus, but there is no reason to believe it currently poses a concern to public health. The publication referenced demonstrates that the bat virus can use a human protein to enter cells in the laboratory, but they have not detected infections in humans. CDC will continue to monitor viral disease activity and provide important updates to the public.”
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