Covid-Like Bat Virus Discovered at SAME LAB in China Accused of Leaking Pandemic Bug with Fears It Could Infect Humans; Wuhan Covid Lab Planning ‘ominous’ New Bat Experiments, and other C-Virus related stories
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Covid-like bat virus discovered at SAME LAB in China accused of leaking pandemic bug with fears it could infect humans:
A NEW bat coronavirus has been discovered at the same Chinese lab at the centre of the Covid lab leak theory storm.
Scientists have raised fears that this new virus – which shares simlarities with the bug that triggered the pandemic – could one day spread to humans.
The new bat coronavirus was found at the highly scrutinised Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).
This virus, called HKU5-CoV-2, shares features with SARS-CoV-2 virus, that caused Covid-19 and ravaged the world in 2020.
The HKU5-CoV-2 strain enters cells in the same way as SARS-CoV-2, according to a fresh research paper penned by infamous Chinese scientist Shi Zhengli.
Zhengli – one of the top brains at WIV – is known as China’s “Batwoman” and has been linked to the origins of Covid.
This new bat virus binds to a protein found in cells in the bodies of animals.
But it has not yet gained the ability to infect humans – but needs further investigation into the risk of mutation.
Scientists also said HKU5-CoV-2 was closely related to the virus that caused the Middle East respiratory syndrome.
The MERS virus has killed around 36 per cent of the 2,600 people it has infected globally, from 2012 to May 2024, per Bloomberg.
This Wuhan Institute of Virology has been in the public eye since January 2020 when reports of deadly new disease were reported in Wuhan, China.
Coronavirus then quickly spread across the globe, forcing the world to pause just three months later when countries enforced strict and unprecedented lockdowns. —>READ MORE HERE
Wuhan Covid lab planning ‘ominous’ new bat experiments:
Chinese scientists are planning “ominous” experiments similar to those that could have triggered the Covid pandemic, experts have warned.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) published new research this month announcing it had found a bat coronavirus that can enter human cells, similar to a Covid-19 infection.
The paper concludes with calls for “further investigation” into strains that have more infectious spike proteins, as well as testing in human transgenic mice.
The first known Covid cases emerged just eight miles from WIV, which was known to be collecting and manipulating coronaviruses.
The institute was stripped of US funding for carrying out dangerous experiments ahead of the outbreak, and the US select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic concluded in December that the disease “most likely” leaked from a Wuhan lab.
Experts warned that the latest experiments were being carried out below recommended biosafety levels, and that future proposals were alarmingly similar to those which could have sparked the pandemic.
‘Ominous experiments’
Dr Alina Chan, a biosecurity expert and co-author of Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19, said: “The paper ends on an ominous note – describing a set of future experiments similar to what might’ve led to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“They’re going to test more of such viruses with different-looking spike proteins. They’re going to study cleavage sites and how they activate the spike in these viruses.
“They’re going to study the viruses’ ability to cause disease in humanised mice.”
She added: “After what we experienced with Covid-19, I believe there is no biosafety level adequate for such experiments in the city of Wuhan. If such work has to be done, it should be done at a biosafety level 4 far away from any city centre.” —>READ MORE HERE
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