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Filipino ‘virus hunters’ are catching bats to prevent the next pandemic

today23 March 2021

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Researchers at the University of the Philippines Los Banos in Laguna province have been trekking day-in and day-out through thick rainforests, catching thousands of bats to extract DNA swabs before releasing them back into the wild.

The Japanese-funded research aims to make a simulation model that will help predict and prevent another pandemic similar to COVID-19.

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Written by: Danial Martinus


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