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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
World
Antony Thrower

New Covid-like virus discovered in Russian bats is resistant to all known vaccines

A newly discovered Covid virus found in Russian bats is feared to be capable of infecting humans - and is currently resistant to all known existing vaccines.

A team of researchers discovered proteins from a bat virus known as Khosta-2 can migrate to human cells.

Unlike known Covid infections, it is resistant to antibodies and serums populations are currently protected against.

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