Please see the front page for information on Bats and SARS-CoV-2.

This page comprises recent statements concerning bats and public health's issues, especially urgent responses to misleading or controversial articles and media reports: 

12.01.2021 Extremely rare case of death from bat rabies in France

11.05.2020 Recommendations of the EUROBATS Advisory Committee on potential risks of SARS-CoV-2 transmission from humans to bats

30.05.2018 Nipah infection in Kerala: Don’t blame the bats alone; improve public health

28.05.2018 MerlinTuttle's comment on Lehigh University’s public release     

27.04.2018 Fear of Bats and its Consequences    alternative link to this article on MTBC website

10.04.2018 Stop fake news about bats: responce to the misleading article in the German media Die Zeit

07.02.2018 Don’t misrepresent link between bats and SARS: response to the publication in the Nature that blames bats in spillover of SARS

01.05.2017 Give bats a break: a statement of Merlin Tuttle with regard to bats and new studies on emerging infectious diseases         alternative link to this article on MTBC website