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- Scientists have discovered six new coronaviruses among bats in Myanmar.
- This is the first time these viruses have been discovered.
- They aren’t closely related to covid-19 or SARS or MERS – two other types of coronavirus.
- Experts estimate that thousands of coronaviruses are present in bats.
- Researchers detected these new viruses while conducting biosurveillance of animals and people.
- It was done to better understand the circumstances for disease spillover
- It was part of a project known as PREDICT.
- The team was formed by the Smithsonian’s Global Health Program.
- The findings have been published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.
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