Scientists warned not to handle bats to prevent passing COVID-19 to millions of North American flying mammals

Biologists and wildlife-rehabilitation volunteers are being warned not to handle bats — not to protect themselves, but to prevent the prospect of passing COVID-19 to a vast population of North American mammals.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bats-coronavirus-research-canada-1.5530337?cmp=rss