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BEIJING – A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the Sars-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19, raising the possibility that it could ...

(Reuters) - A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, raising the possibility that it could ...

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