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Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox.\u00a0Sign up here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A newly published study suggests that bats have indeed been the originator of SARS-CoV-2, after researchers found a novel coronavirus<\/a> in the flying mammals that is \u201cthe closest relative of SARS-CoV-2 reported to date.\u201d<\/p>\n

The research notes the coronavirus known as RmYN02 was discovered in 227 bats \u2013\u00a0from\u00a020 different species \u2013\u00a0that were collected from Yunnan Province in China between May and October 2019. Although it does not appear that RmYN02 can bind to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) inhibitors as SARS-CoV-2 does, it is genetically very similar.<\/p>\n

“Notably, RmYN02 shares 93.3 [percent] nucleotide identity with SARS-CoV-2 at the scale of the complete virus genome and 97.2 [percent] identity in the 1ab gene, in which it is the closest relative of SARS-CoV-2 reported to date,” the researchers, who hail from a number of different universities and organizations in China and Australia, wrote in the study.<\/p>\n

RESEARCHERS FIND 6 NEW CORONAVIRUSES IN BATS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The study has been published in Current Biology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In April, the World Health Organization reaffirmed<\/a> that SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease, originated in bats and denied it\u00a0was “manipulated or constructed” in a lab.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll available evidence suggests the virus has an animal origin and is not manipulated or constructed virus in a lab or somewhere else,\u201d WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib said in comments obtained by Fox News at the time.<\/p>\n

Researchers recently\u00a0found<\/a>\u00a0six additional coronaviruses in bats and there may be\u00a0“thousands” of yet-to-be-discovered coronaviruses\u00a0that are “present” in the winged-mammals.<\/p>\n

Seven strains\u00a0of coronavirus were<\/a> also found in bats in Africa, according to a study published earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Few have actually publicly claimed the virus was bioengineered, however. Rather,\u00a0sources<\/a>\u00a0have told Fox News that there is increasing confidence the naturally occurring virus was being studied in a Wuhan lab and escaped \u2013 as opposed to claims it originated instead in a nearby wet market.<\/p>\n

In April, President Trump\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0the U.S. would halt funding to the WHO while it undergoes a 60-to-90 day investigation into the organization, saying it had put “political correctness over lifesaving measures.”<\/p>\n

“We have deep concerns over whether America’s generosity has been put to the best use possible,” Trump said, accusing the WHO of failing to adequately keep the international community apprised of the threat of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

“The WHO failed in this duty, and must be held accountable,” Trump went on. He added that the WHO had ignored “credible information” in December 2019 that the virus could be transmitted from human to human.<\/p>\n

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As of Thursday morning, more than 5.72\u00a0million coronavirus cases have been diagnosed worldwide,\u00a0more than 1.69\u00a0million of which are in the U.S., the most impacted country on the planet.<\/p>\n

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Fox News’ Bret Baier and\u00a0Frank Miles contributed to this story.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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