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Nicola Roy & Will Maule

Warning over Russian 'bat virus' which could 'resist Covid vaccines and infect humans'

A new virus that has been discovered in certain bats in Russia is causing concern among scientists.

Experts have warned that Russian horseshoe bats have been found to carry a new virus called 'Khosta-2', which is categorised as a sarbecovirus - the same kind as Covid-19.

Covid has infected over 600 million people all over the world since the pandemic began, but there are now warnings that this new virus could be resistant to our vaccinations.

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