Thai researchers have caught over 100 bats in a forest cave in an eastern province of Thailand to test them for the coronavirus.
The tests are being conducted over three days from June 11 at Tham Sador cave in Chantraburi province with researchers from Chulalongkorn Hospital, Kasetsart University and National Parks Department, Supaporn Wacharapluesadee, the deputy chief of the ThaiRed Cross' Emerging Infectious Disease Health Science Centre, told the dpa news agency.
"Thailand has more than 140 species of bats and we see the need to study and learn more about them. We need to understand the coronavirus more and know where the risk may be at so thatpolicies can be made," she said.
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