A major point of contention in recent days has had to do with how exactly the coronavirus originated. It’s been believed all along that the virus’ first human contact came from a wet market in China’s ...

When alarmed health care workers sent samples of what appeared to be a new virus to China’s “batwoman” for urgent testing late last year, the renowned virologist admitted she was skeptical. “Drop ...

Chinese scientists, led by Shi Zhengli, have discovered a novel coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, that can infect humans and other mammals. Isolated from the Japanese pipistrelle bat, this virus shares the ...

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A Chinese team has found a new bat coronavirus that carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission because it uses the same human receptor as the virus that causes Covid-19. The study was led by Shi ...

Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli (L) is seen inside the P4 laboratory in Wuhan, capital of China's Hubei province on February 23, 2017. - The P4 epidemiological laboratory was built in co-operation with ...

China’s now-notorious “bat woman” — the head of the Wuhan lab accused of being a possible source for the pandemic — has warned that deadly new mutations of COVID-19 will continue to emerge. Virologist ...

Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli, better known as 'Batwoman' for her work on bat viruses, has said that a future outbreak of coronavirus is "highly likely". Shi is the Director for Center for Emerging ...