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Scientists say they’ve discovered why the coronavirus is tenacious

By David Hogberg
Published August 18, 2020 7:10pm ET
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Scientists say they’ve discovered why the coronavirus is tenacious
Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic. | (Vahid Salemi/AP)

New research published on Tuesday yields more insight into why the novel coronavirus is highly infectious.

In research described in an article in Science, scientists used a complex procedure that enabled them to see the virus attached to a cell using an electron microscope.

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