The aetiology of the novel coronavirus pneumonia is still in the process of research and understanding, and the claim that the novel coronavirus pneumonia is caused by eating bat sashimi is not supported by evidence. Sequence analysis of the novel coronavirus revealed that its viral sequence is very close to that of the coronavirus in bats, but it is not particularly clear whether the virus is directly derived from bats or whether there is an intermediate host. For most people, the infection of novel coronavirus pneumonia and eating bat sashimi is not very related, may be more have ever been to Wuhan, and contact with patients with fever, there is a gathering of the disease, and ultimately diagnosed as a patient with novel coronavirus pneumonia, the relationship between bats and the pathogen of the novel coronavirus pneumonia needs to be further studied. Source: Dr. Yurai