Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Covid-19 virus likely originates in bats, jumps to humans: media

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BEIJING: It is likely that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic, originated in bats and jumped to humans, according to recent media reports. When viruses jump from one host to another, they must mutate to adapt to the new host, which means the viruses will become better at replicating themselves in the new … Read more

Nigerian expert warns against ‘political virus’ in Covid-19 origins tracing

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ABUJA: The US report on origins tracing of Covid-19 can at best produce a ‘political virus,’ said a Nigerian expert, urging a science-backed endeavour and global collaboration on this issue. “The Covid-19 pandemic is too serious and of tremendous global concerns for its origins tracing to be trivialised by politically cooked up innuendoes designed mostly … Read more