Coronavirus outbreak 'linked to bat soup sold at Wuhan market'
Previous deadly outbreaks of SARS and Ebola were also believed to have originated in the flying mammal.
But a senior researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, who asked not to be named, said the findings should be treated with caution.“Whether it will match what happens in real life is inconclusive. They believe that combined genetic material from both picked up a protein that allows viruses bind to certain host cells - including those of humans.After analysing the genes of the strains the team found that snakes were susceptible to the most similar version of the coronavirus.
"New information obtained from our evolutionary analysis is highly significant for effective control of the outbreak caused by the 2019-nCoV-induced pneumonia."Residents in nearby Huanggang have also been told not to leave the city other than under special circumstances.
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