Virus similar to Covid found in British bats .......

[Mrs Trellis]

......says an article in the Sunday Times 25/04/2021 p11.  The virus is sarbecovirus strain RhGB01 and it is said cannot infect humans in its current state.

[BarryW]

I wonder who will get the Caving PPE contract?

[mikem]

US have picked up on the story (apparently lesser horseshoes in Gloucestershire):
https://www.nypost.com/2021/04/25/virus-similar-to-covid-19-found-in-uk-bats-by-22-year-old/

What bat conservation said about it (before the announcement):
https://www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/bats-and-disease/covid-19-and-bats

Coronaviruses have been well known in bats for years (published Mar 2019):
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6466186/#!po=8.72093

& 2015:
https://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12985-015-0422-1

[Wardy]

All we need to do is sort a wet market out and ..............................

[Mrs Trellis]

All we need to do is sort a wet market out and ..............................

.......find some local pangolins.