Prognosis
New Coronavirus Turns Out to Be Decades Old — in Bats
- Scientists reconstructed virus’s most recent evolution
- Other bat viruses may pose threat to humans, researchers find
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The new coronavirus appears to have circulated unnoticed in bats for decades, scientists found.