Article 4Z28P Pangolins may have spread coronavirus to humans

Pangolins may have spread coronavirus to humans

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Endangered species could be missing link between bats and humans, researchers believe

Chinese researchers investigating the animal origin of the coronavirus outbreak in China have said that the endangered pangolin may be the "missing link" between bats and humans.

Bats are known carriers of the latest strain of the disease, which has infected at least 31,000 people and killed more than 630 worldwide, mostly in China where the outbreak started.

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