Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Did coronavirus spread from pangolins?

The new coronavirus or Covid-19 is zoonotic, meaning it jumped from animals to people.  Genetic research has confirmed that it probably originated in bats, but scientists think another animal served as the intermediary between bats and humans.   Could this animal be the scaly, nocturnal pangolin?

Photo: World Wildlife Fund

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