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New coronavirus discovered in Chinese bats sparks alarm (www.newsweek.com)
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Journal source : https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00144-8

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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 6 points 16 hours ago

HKU5-CoV-2 was found by a Chinese research team led by virologist Shi Zhengli, known as "Batwoman" for her work on coronaviruses, especially at the Wuhan Institute, which has been at the center of the theory suggesting COVID-19 came from a lab leak—something Shi has denied.

Is this an Onion article?