Coronavirus’s closest ancestor ‘was found SEVEN YEARS ago in a bat-infested mine in China’

A virus 96 per cent identical to the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 was found in an abandoned mine in China seven years ago, according to an investigation. The bat-infested copper mine in Mojiang, western China, was home to a coronavirus that left six adult men sick with pneumonia and three of them dead. Scientists took … Read more

Cold air may fuel coronavirus’s spread in meatpacking plants

Meatpacking plants across the US have become notorious hotspots for coronavirus, and the cold air inside them may be fanning the flames of the virus’s spread.  Thousands of workers at meat processing facilities have tested positive for COVID-19, and at least 20 have died.  The same cold temperatures and forceful ventilation that help to kill … Read more