The miRBase online database holds 2565 miR sequences and from these we identified regions of the SARS-CoV-2 viral genome, which showed high similarity to human miRs. Similarly, we analysed SARS-CoV-2 genomes obtained from different geographical areas for comparison. Despite the relatively large SARS-COV-2 genome, only a few miRs were found to show similarities with human miRs (Table 1).