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BANGKOK: Researchers in Thailand began collecting samples from horseshoe bats to test them for coronavirus amid concerns they may pose a threat to local residents, a government statement said on Saturday. They plan to collect 300 bats over three days from a cave in the Chanthaburi province in the southeast of the country. The bats will be released following the tests. Thailand has 23 species of the horseshoe bat, but there has not been an investigation before. The source of the virus remains a matter of debate after it emerged in China late last year. The World Health Organization (WHO)...
