Coronavirus is ‘the tip of the iceberg,’ warns Chinese researcher nicknamed ‘bat woman’

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/coronavirus-is-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-warns-chinas-top-bat-researcher-2020-05-26

The Chinese researcher known as the “bat woman” warns that the deadly coronavirus the world is battling now is “just the tip of the iceberg” in terms of what humans could face without a global effort to prevent similar infectious-disease outbreaks.

“If we want to prevent human beings from suffering from the next infectious-disease outbreak, we must go in advance to learn of these unknown viruses carried by wild animals in nature and give early warnings,” Shi Zhengli, a top Chinese scientist specializing in viral transmissions from bats, told CGTN in an interview that aired Monday.

“If we don’t study [the viruses], there will possibly be another outbreak,” warned Shi, dubbed the “bat woman” by the press because of her research involving those flying mammals.