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Coronavirus Came From Bats, Can Infect Cats, Ferrets, WHO Says

  • More research needed on how virus moved from animals to humans
  • Virus is food-related but not food-borne, WHO scientist says
A bat hangs inside a cave in Weining County, southwest China's Guizhou Province.Photographer: He Huan/Xinhua/eyevine/Redux
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A World Health Organization scientist said Covid-19 comes from bats and can spread among cats, amid an international debate about the virus’s origin.

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