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Known relatives of sars—cov—2, and either or both could have changed enough over the last few decades to be able to jump into humans, probably through an intermediate animal. scientists have pointed to a few prime suspects, including pangolins, mink and raccoon dogs. understanding genetically very similar viruses can help scientists come up with a timeline for when and possibly where sars—co—v—2 may have spilled over from animals. there's also the fact this has happened a number of times before, most notably with the sars outbreak in china in 2003, and middle east respiratory syndrom...

Animal. scientists have pointed to a few prime suspects, including pangolins, mink and raccoon dogs. understanding genetically very similar viruses can help scientists come up with a timeline for when and possibly where sars may have spilled over from animals. possibly where sars may have spilled overfrom animals. there is also possibly where sars may have spilled over from animals. there is also the fact this has happened a number of times before, most notably with the stars outbreak in china in 2003, and middle east respiratory syndrome whichjumped into camels middle east respiratory syndrom...

There is one very close relative of it, ratgis. ratgb was found in horse—shoe bats in china's southern yunnan province back in 2013 after six minors got sick. three of them died. researchers studied and officially identified the virus. it is a 96.2% match with sars—cov—2, and even closer relatives have been found in bat caves in neighbouring laos in the last few weeks. this is significant because both ratgb and the more recently identified banal—52 are the closest known relatives of sars—cov—2, and either or both could have changed enough over the last few decades to be able to jum...

An image of a wild mink. (Credit: Tom Koerner, USFWS. Public domain.)

Finland will begin vaccinating mink against COVID-19