eservoirs for SARS-like coronavirus (3), interspecies transfer of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 could have occurred through civets (4) and pangolins (5), respectively. Both SARS-CoV strains have been identified to use the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor as the portal of entry into the affected cell (1,4). ACE2 is a key modulator of the reni