indiaUpdated: Apr 16, 2020 08:33 ISTThe incident of humans contracting coronavirus from bats is an extremely rare event, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said, adding that a Chinese research showed that the Sars-CoV-2 virus which has causes Covid-19 in humans is in a mutated form. “Coronavirus is found in bats. “The instances of transmission of virus from bats to humans can happen may be once in around 1000 years or so. These bat coronaviruses have no relation with Sars-CoV-2 responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic, he said. In order to break the chain of transmission, focus needs to be on contact tracing, monitoring and clinical management.

Source: Hindustan Times April 16, 2020 03:00 UTC