{"id":5789,"date":"2025-11-24T17:10:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T17:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=5789"},"modified":"2025-11-24T17:10:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T17:10:47","slug":"has-found-a-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=5789","title":{"rendered":"Has Found A New \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>China Discovers New Coronavirus with Potential to Infect Humans<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology have identified a new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, which bears striking similarities to the deadly MERS virus. The discovery, published in&nbsp;<em>Cell<\/em>, raises concerns about potential human transmission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like MERS, HKU5-CoV-2 is a respiratory virus that can spread between animals and humans, potentially causing severe illness. Researchers warn of a&nbsp;<em>high risk of spillover<\/em>&nbsp;due to its ability to enter human cells similarly to SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merbecoviruses, the family to which HKU5-CoV-2 belongs, have been found in minks and pangolins\u2014species linked to cross-species coronavirus transmission. While the full extent of its threat remains unknown, scientists emphasize its&nbsp;<em>greater potential for interspecies infection<\/em>&nbsp;than previous HKU5-CoV strains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The discovery reignites debate over zoonotic origins versus lab-leak theories, though U.S. intelligence maintains a low-confidence stance on COVID-19\u2019s origins. Further investigation is needed to assess the true risk to humans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China Discovers New Coronavirus with Potential to Infect Humans Scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology have identified a new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, which bears striking similarities to the deadly MERS virus. The discovery, published in&nbsp;Cell, raises concerns about potential human transmission. Like MERS, HKU5-CoV-2 is a respiratory virus that can spread between animals and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5791,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789\/revisions\/5791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}