Mystery virus found in Wuhan resembles bat viruses but not SARS, Chinese scientist says

Mystery virus found in Wuhan resembles bat viruses but not SARS, Chinese scientist says

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“Plenty of people are working on the outbreak,” says Xu Jianguo, head of an evaluation committee advising the Chinese government.

SHANGHAI—A new coronavirus identified by Chinese scientists is the putative cause of an outbreak of unusual pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan, according to Chinese news reports yesterday. In an interview today with Science, Xu Jianguo, head of an evaluation committee advising the Chinese government, confirmed that scientists have a complete sequence of the novel virus’s genome.