New coronavirus has a furin cleavage site, but its risk to humans is unknown
Chemistry World says a sequence found in SARS-CoV-2 had never been seen in another bat coronavirus until this discovery.
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Chemistry World reports that the new coronavirus has a furin cleavage site considered to make SARS-CoV-2 so infectious. It says a sequence found in SARS-CoV-2 had not previously been seen in another bat coronavirus. Whether the new virus poses any risk to humans remains unknown.
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