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We still don't know where SARS-CoV-2 came from -- but bats are a major virus reservoir in general.

Scientists say it's highly like that, without intervention, another novel virus will jump from animal to human host and find the conditions to spread like wildfire.

Where could the next pandemic -- and the tools to fight it -- come from? Scientists are studying bats Updated Dec 17, 2020; Posted Dec 17, 2020 A researcher for Brazils state-run Fiocruz Institute takes an oral swab sample from a bat captured in the Atlantic Forest, at Pedra Branca state park, near Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020.AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo Facebook Share RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Night began to fall in Rio de Janeiro’s Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientist...

To prevent next covid-like pandemic, scientists focus on bats for clues A 2019 study found that of viruses originating from the five most common mammalian sources — primates, rodents, carnivores, ungulates and bats — those from bats are the most virulent in humans. (Photo: Reuters)Premium Silva de Sousa , AP Bats are thought to be the original or intermediary hosts for multiple viruses that have spawned recent epidemics, including COVID-19, SARS, MERS, Ebola, Nipah virus, Hendra virus a...

URL copied Image Source : AP A researcher for Brazils state-run Fiocruz Institute takes an oral swab sample from a bat captured in the Atlantic Forest, at Pedra Branca state park, near Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Teams of researchers around the globe are racing to study the places and species from which the next pandemic may emerge. Its no coincidence that many scientists are focusing attention on the worlds only flying mammals — bats.  Could th...

Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic by Christina Larson, Aniruddha Ghosal And Marcelo Silva De Sousa, The Associated Press Posted Dec 14, 2020 1:12 am EDT Last Updated Dec 14, 2020 at 1:26 am EDT RIO DE JANEIRO — Night began to fall in Rio de Janeiro’s Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientists switched on their flashlights to traipse along a narrow trail of mud through dense rainforest. The researchers were on a mission: capture bats and help prevent the n...

Source: Pixabay Night began to fall in Rio de Janeiros Pedra Branca state park as four Brazilian scientists switched on their flashlights to traipse along a narrow trail of mud through dense rainforest. The researchers were on a mission: capture bats and help prevent the next global pandemic. A few meters ahead, nearly invisible in the darkness, a bat made high-pitched squeaks as it strained its wings against the thin nylon net that had ensnared it. One of the researchers removed the bat, which...

Scientists and governments would stand a better chance at containing future outbreaks if they had faster notice of when and where they begin, said Ian Mackay, a virologist at Australia’s University of Queensland. “Ongoing, constant, nonstop surveillance,” along the lines of the flu labs set up by the World Health Organization across the globe, could help researchers be better prepared, he said. He also suggested that labs for virus discovery could regularly sample waste water or materials...