China claims to have found 24 different previously-unknown coronaviruses in bats as it fights back against growing lab leak suspicions
Chinese researchers claim their findings show there is a 'remarkable diversity' of bat coronaviruses which could spread to humans
They said that one bat coronavirus in sample was genetically very similar to the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is causing the current pandemic
But research comes as China is fighting back against theories that the Covid-19 virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan