Ancestors of coronavirus have been hiding out in bats for decades, ready to infect humans

By Yasemin Saplakoglu The ancestors of the novel coronavirus may have been circulating in bats unnoticed for decades. And those coronaviruses likely also had the ability to infect humans, according to a new study. To understand where the novel coronavirus, known as SARS-CoV-2, came from and how it spread to humans, scientists need to trace …