Chinese scientists are planning “ominous” experiments similar to those that could have triggered the Covid pandemic, experts have warned. The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) published new research this month announcing it had found a bat coronavirus that can enter human cells, similar to a Covid-19 infection.

The Chinese lab located just eight miles from the first known cases of coronavirus has published new research which included an "ominous note", an expert said. Researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology identified a new strain of coronavirus in bats that can infiltrate human cells similarly to SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for Covid -19.