The coronavirus could still burst out of control
The coronavirus could still burst out of control Photo: iStockPremium Share Via Read Full Story It feels a lot longer, but it has only been a year or so since we first mixed horror with grim fascination over the likelihood of a virus having leapt upon us from a bat, and that too, with enough virulence to paralyse human life as we knew it. Scientists who placed SARS-CoV-2, the ‘zoonotic’ bug that is responsible for our misery, under examination are now largely settled on its origin. It hopped across from the winged nocturnal mammal suspected all along. Of special interest, however, is the ...
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