coronaviruss

Coronavirus’s closest ancestor ‘was found SEVEN YEARS ago in a bat-infested mine in China’

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A virus 96 per cent identical to the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 was found in an abandoned mine in China seven years ago, according to an investigation. The bat-infested copper mine in Mojiang, western China, was home to a coronavirus that left six adult men sick with pneumonia and three of them dead. Scientists took … Read more

Cold air may fuel coronavirus’s spread in meatpacking plants

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Meatpacking plants across the US have become notorious hotspots for coronavirus, and the cold air inside them may be fanning the flames of the virus’s spread.  Thousands of workers at meat processing facilities have tested positive for COVID-19, and at least 20 have died.  The same cold temperatures and forceful ventilation that help to kill … Read more

Fascinating microscope images reveal the coronavirus’s ‘crown’ shape

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US scientists have released the first images of the new coronavirus that’s spread to more than 70,000 people worldwide and killed more than 1,700.  Scientists at the National Institute of Health (NIH) collected the sample from an infected American, though it’s unclear which one.   They captured images of the virus emerging from various cell types, … Read more