A new coronavirus HKU5-CoV-2 capable of entering human cells through the same pathway as Covid-19 has been discovered by scientists at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology. While the discovery may spark pandemic concerns, experts assure that the virus has only been found in laboratory studies and that the risk of emergence in the human population is quite low at the moment.
On Monday, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) echoed the same sentiment saying that the new bat coronavirus is currently not a cause for concern. The federal health agency said the virus doesn't pose risk to public health currently and no infection has been found in humans.
