Uncovering the origins of the virus that sparked a pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

Uncovering the origins of the virus that sparked a pandemic

CNN  

CNN — Unlocking the mysteries of the exact origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 and launched a global pandemic in March 2020, has become one of the most burning questions in the scientific community. “The place where all of the nearest coronaviruses are known to exist in nature is about 1,000 miles from the place where the first human cases arose,” he said, calling it a “big geographic gap.” “Second, in the place where the disease started, we have some of the world’s largest collections of bat samples, and in particular, of bat samples containing these very bat coronaviruses – the nearest known relatives. To confirm the lab-leak theory, Relman said, what’s needed is “evidence that the encounter took place in a laboratory, perhaps during the course of an experiment where, perhaps, the virus was being cultivated and they didn’t realize that they had SARS CoV-2 … evidence that a sample they never did sequence, but put into culture, in fact had SARS CoV-2, for example,” he said, adding that “there are thousands of samples” the lab hasn’t carefully sequenced yet. “It’s not close enough to say it’s the exact virus that gave rise to this one, in a simple evolutionary step,” Relman said. And despite the best efforts, it’s been 44 years since the first cases of Ebola, but as Fauci pointed out, “We haven’t yet nailed that down.” Says Relman: “We need to all accept the possibility that we may never arrive at a definite answer about where the virus and the disease first arose.” But, he said after his letter, “My impression is that there’s a growing willingness to both look at this question in a dispassionate objective way, but also to accept that there truly are multiple possibilities here.”

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New genetic research points to Wuhan animal market as origin of COVID pandemic, study says
3 months, 2 weeks ago

New genetic research points to Wuhan animal market as origin of COVID pandemic, study says

LA Times  

A convoy of vehicles carrying investigators from the World Health Organization enters the interior of the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China, early in the COVID-19 pandemic. “This paper has more evidence that supports the animal origin through the Huanan market.” The analysis published Thursday was based on genetic data gleaned from hundreds of samples gathered in and around the …

COVID-19: Why we're looking for the pandemic's origin
9 months, 3 weeks ago

COVID-19: Why we're looking for the pandemic's origin

Hindustan Times  

Discovering COVID's origin will shape the next pandemic. Some experts say it's possible that the Wuhan lab had progenitor strains — ancestors — of SARS-CoV-2, but China's alleged withholding information on the origin of COVID makes this impossible to prove or disprove. "Every form of the lab leak theory involves some sort of cover up, which to me means that …

Michael Gove suggests to Covid-19 inquiry that virus was ‘man-made’
1 year, 1 month ago

Michael Gove suggests to Covid-19 inquiry that virus was ‘man-made’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Asked about shortcomings in preparedness for a new virus, the senior Tory said: “There …

Is THIS how the Covid pandemic began after all? Study finds strain of virus in PANGOLINS was nearly identical to the strain in humans
1 year, 3 months ago

Is THIS how the Covid pandemic began after all? Study finds strain of virus in PANGOLINS was nearly identical to the strain in humans

Daily Mail  

As infectious disease experts continue to probe the true origin of the Covid pandemic, new research is making a case for pangolins as the middlemen between the original animal host and humans. The research team found the strain of coronavirus harbored in the rare animal was nearly identical to the one that has pummeled humans, leading them to theorize that …

Explained | A boost to the zoonoses theory regarding the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | A boost to the zoonoses theory regarding the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus

The Hindu  

The story so far: In the never-ending debate about the origin of the virus that set off the COVID-19 pandemic, there is now fresh grist for the mill for those who have held out for the zoonotic angle — that the infection skipped from animals to humans. Undisclosed genetic data from a food market in Wuhan has been unearthed and …

The latest in the COVID 'lab leak' theory: What we know and don't know about the origins of the pandemic
1 year, 10 months ago

The latest in the COVID 'lab leak' theory: What we know and don't know about the origins of the pandemic

Firstpost  

Washington: The US Energy Department’s conclusion, with “low confidence,” that an accidental laboratory leak in China most likely caused the coronavirus pandemic has renewed questions about what sparked the worst public health crisis in a century — and whether the virus at the heart of it was somehow connected to scientific research. Scientists who have studied the genetics of the …

U.S. agency says COVID came from “lab leak”, China slams “smear”
1 year, 10 months ago

U.S. agency says COVID came from “lab leak”, China slams “smear”

The Hindu  

China on Monday accused the United States of “smearing” the country and “politicising” scientific research, after a government agency in Washington published a report concluding that the COVID-19 pandemic likely began from a laboratory accident. A classified intelligence report recently provided to the White House and members of Congress, reported The Wall Street Journal on Monday, said the U.S. Energy …

COVID-19 origin theories: Was there a lab leak in Wuhan or the US?
2 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 origin theories: Was there a lab leak in Wuhan or the US?

Firstpost  

While the Wuhan lab leak theory is in vogue in some quarters, others are pointing the finger at the US. Let’s take a look at the different theories about the origins of COVID-19 Wuhan lab leak hypotheses This, of course, is the origin theory in vogue in some quarters. “The available evidence appears to be inconsistent with both historic precedent …

New studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild
2 years, 5 months ago

New studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild

Associated Press  

Two new studies provide more evidence that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China market where live animals were sold – further bolstering the theory that the virus emerged in the wild rather than escaping from a Chinese lab. “I was quite convinced of the lab leak myself until we dove into this very carefully and looked at it …

New studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild
2 years, 5 months ago

New studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Two new studies provide more …

Covid virus likely leaked from Wuhan lab: WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus
2 years, 6 months ago

Covid virus likely leaked from Wuhan lab: WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus

India TV News  

Highlights Most likely explanation for Covid was a catastrophic accident at laboratory in Wuhan, says WHO chief Publicly, the UN health agency maintains that "all hypotheses remain on the table" At the beginning of the Covid, WHO was criticised for its deferential approach to China Just days after saying that the Covid lab leak theory needs "further investigations", the World …

Origins of virus responsible for Covid-19 traced to horseshoe bats
2 years, 10 months ago

Origins of virus responsible for Covid-19 traced to horseshoe bats

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It is clear that recombination is a defining feature of SARS-related coronaviruses and essential …

Leak from Wuhan lab the 'more likely' origin of Covid pandemic: Molecular biologist tells UK Parliament
3 years ago

Leak from Wuhan lab the 'more likely' origin of Covid pandemic: Molecular biologist tells UK Parliament

India Today  

A Canadian molecular biologist on Wednesday told cross-party members of Parliament on the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee that a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan region of China is now the "more likely" origin of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Dr Alina Chan, specialising in gene therapy and cell engineering and co-author of 'Viral: The Search for the …

Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID’s animal origins
3 years ago

Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID’s animal origins

Associated Press  

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery. “The lab-leak scenario gets a lot of attention, you know, on places like Twitter,” but “there’s no evidence that this virus was in a lab,” said University of Utah scientist Stephen Goldstein, who with 20 others wrote an article in the …

Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on covid’s animal origins
3 years ago

Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on covid’s animal origins

Live Mint  

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery. “The lab-leak scenario gets a lot of attention, you know, on places like Twitter,” but “there’s no evidence that this virus was in a lab,” said University of Utah scientist Stephen Goldstein, who with 20 others wrote an article in the …

Column: A new research paper adds to the evidence that COVID-19 came from animals, not a Chinese lab
3 years, 1 month ago

Column: A new research paper adds to the evidence that COVID-19 came from animals, not a Chinese lab

LA Times  

Medical staff help a patient walk into the hospital in Wuhan, China, in January 2020 as the pandemic was beginning. A new peer-reviewed research paper points to the likelihood that the COVID-19 pandemic originated at a seafood and wildlife market in Wuhan, China, rather than from a Chinese laboratory studying bat viruses. Worobey’s finding that the earliest identified COVID-19 cases …

US intel doesn’t expect to determine origins of COVID-19
3 years, 2 months ago

US intel doesn’t expect to determine origins of COVID-19

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Barring an unforeseen breakthrough, intelligence agencies won’t be able to conclude whether COVID-19 spread by animal-to-human transmission or leaked from a lab, officials said Friday in releasing a fuller version of their review into the origins of the pandemic. The full report notes that the Wuhan Institute of Virology “previously created chimeras, or combinations, of SARS-like coronaviruses, but …

Is this finally proof China created Covid?
3 years, 2 months ago

Is this finally proof China created Covid?

Daily Mail  

Viral, a gripping new book by Alina Chan and Matt Ridley, probes at the heart of the investigation into the origins of Covid-19 and the question preoccupying scientists around the world. Aerial view shows the P4 laboratory, left, on the campus of the now infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology in China's central Hubei province But by August 2020, with information …

Column: New evidence undermines the COVID lab-leak theory — but the press keeps pushing it
3 years, 3 months ago

Column: New evidence undermines the COVID lab-leak theory — but the press keeps pushing it

LA Times  

Workers tend to the body of a person suspected to have died of COVID-19 during the outbreak in Wuhan, China, where the pandemic is thought to have originated, in early 2020. The review concludes, “There is currently no evidence that SARS-CoV-2 has a laboratory origin.” Now let’s look at the recent reporting in support of the lab-leak theory. On Sept. …

Scientists find bats with Covid-like viruses in Laos caves
3 years, 3 months ago

Scientists find bats with Covid-like viruses in Laos caves

India Today  

Scientists have discovered another clue to the origins of the virus that causes Covid-19, with bats living in caves in Laos found to be carrying a similar pathogen that experts suggest could potentially infect humans directly. Researchers from France's Pasteur Institute and the National University of Laos said their findings showed that viruses genetically close to the SARS-CoV-2 virus "exist …

WHO scientist puts COVID lab leak theory back under spotlight
3 years, 4 months ago

WHO scientist puts COVID lab leak theory back under spotlight

Al Jazeera  

Head of WHO mission probing pandemic origins says virus may have started with a Wuhan lab staffer becoming infected. The WHO on Thursday urged China to share raw data from the earliest COVID-19 cases to assist the pandemic origins probe – and release data to address the lab leak theory. Jamie Metzl, who sits on a WHO advisory board on …

Explained | Is there a Wuhan connection to the study on bat viruses in Nagaland?
3 years, 6 months ago

Explained | Is there a Wuhan connection to the study on bat viruses in Nagaland?

The Hindu  

The story so far: This week, The Hindu carried a government inquiry report on a 2019 study conducted by Indian institutions on bat viruses in the Mimi village area of Kiphire district in Nagaland. The study, published in October 2019, was funded by “a United States Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Broad Agency Announcement grant for the project …

Origin unclear: The Hindu Editorial on the source of the coronavirus
3 years, 6 months ago

Origin unclear: The Hindu Editorial on the source of the coronavirus

The Hindu  

Over 17 months after WHO first reported a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, China, scientists are yet to determine with certainty how the SARS-CoV-2 virus emerged. While the civet cat and dromedary camel were quickly identified to be the intermediate hosts of SARS and MERS, respectively, it took years to identify the horseshoe bat that …

Circumstantial Evidence Points at Possible Wuhan Lab Leak, Says Indian Scientist On Origin of Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Circumstantial Evidence Points at Possible Wuhan Lab Leak, Says Indian Scientist On Origin of Covid-19

News 18  

Amid ongoing probe and research into the origins of Covid-19, Indian scientist Monali Rahalkar seems more inclined to believe that the virus was not natural and there was an accidental leak from a Wuhan laboratory as she says circumstantial evidence towards it. But the papers which were published then — four papers at 15 days intervals — also did not …

Covid China: No bats or pangolins sold at Wuhan wet markets before pandemic, Oxford study says
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid China: No bats or pangolins sold at Wuhan wet markets before pandemic, Oxford study says

Daily Mail  

No bats or pangolins were sold at Wuhan wet markets immediately before the coronavirus pandemic started, according to an Oxford-led study. Most of the early theories pointed to bats - but according to the new study, no bats were sold there A menagerie of nearly 50,000 animals was documented by the scientists, but not a single bat was among the …

EXPLAINER: The US investigation into COVID-19 origins
3 years, 7 months ago

EXPLAINER: The US investigation into COVID-19 origins

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Once dismissed by most public health experts and government officials, the hypothesis that COVID-19 leaked accidentally from a Chinese lab is now receiving scrutiny under a new U.S. investigation. Former State Department officials under President Donald Trump have publicly pushed for further investigation into virus origins, as have scientists and the World Health Organization. Biden ordered a review …

Explained: Why the US is investigating lab leak theory to unravel Covid-19 origins
3 years, 7 months ago

Explained: Why the US is investigating lab leak theory to unravel Covid-19 origins

India Today  

Once dismissed by most public health experts and government officials, the hypothesis that Covid-19 leaked accidentally from a Chinese lab is now receiving scrutiny under a new US investigation. Biden ordered a review of what the White House said was an initial finding leading to “two likely scenarios,” an animal-to-human transmission or a lab leak. The memo also pointed to …

Why are calls growing to investigate the Wuhan lab leak theory?
3 years, 7 months ago

Why are calls growing to investigate the Wuhan lab leak theory?

Al Jazeera  

Renewed interest in coronavirus origin hypothesis after criticism over WHO inquiry and arrival of new US administration. The February report said it was “likely to very likely” the virus emerged through a natural zoonotic, or animal-to-human, transmission while concluding the theory it accidentally leaked from a lab was “extremely unlikely”. Last week, in a rare public statement detailing US intelligence …

JASPER BECKER: No wonder so many experts say Covid DID leak from Wuhan research centre
3 years, 7 months ago

JASPER BECKER: No wonder so many experts say Covid DID leak from Wuhan research centre

Daily Mail  

Trees and wildflowers blossom during all four seasons in Kunming, which is known as The City of Eternal Spring because of its year-round mild temperatures. As a result of countless stories about the possible origins of Covid-19, China's most well-known bat expert is the Wuhan virologist Shi Zhengli – nicknamed Bat Woman – who visited the remote caves. Indeed, the …

COVID-19 origin: Why the lab leak theory must be formally investigated
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 origin: Why the lab leak theory must be formally investigated

Firstpost  

There are still many unanswered questions: we don’t know how the virus arrived in Wuhan, how its sequence evolved to allow human infection, and under what conditions it infected the first people who crossed its path A year and a half into the pandemic, we still do not know exactly where the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, came from. But …

Lab Leak Theory Gathers More Attention; New Study Claims 'No Credible Natural Ancestor' To Covid
3 years, 7 months ago

Lab Leak Theory Gathers More Attention; New Study Claims 'No Credible Natural Ancestor' To Covid

ABP News  

New Delhi: A new research by British Professor Angus Dalgleish and Norwegian scientist Dr. Birger Sørensen made shocking claims that the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus which led to the deadly pandemic was created in a lab in Wuhan. The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has no "credible natural ancestor" and was created by Chinese scientists who were working on a 'Gain of …

'Scientists Silenced and Disappeared': New Study Says China Created Virus in Lab, Tried to Cover Tracks
3 years, 7 months ago

'Scientists Silenced and Disappeared': New Study Says China Created Virus in Lab, Tried to Cover Tracks

News 18  

A new study, quoted by ANI, has found that Chinese scientists created the virus in a lab in Wuhan, then tried to cover their tracks by reverse-engineering versions of the virus to make it look like it evolved naturally from bats. The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus has no “credible natural ancestor” and was created by Chinese scientists who were working …

World Health Assembly under lens as demand for fuller probe into China link to Covid-19 grows
3 years, 7 months ago

World Health Assembly under lens as demand for fuller probe into China link to Covid-19 grows

Hindustan Times  

Amidst a US intelligence report that advocates a larger probe into the possibility that the Covid-19 virus could have leaked from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, the World Health Assembly is meeting today to pass an anodyne resolution on setting up of an inter-governmental working group to further discuss the submitted three reports investigating the origins of the global pandemic …

Bat out of hell? Covid is global but questions over Wuhan lab leak won't go away
3 years, 7 months ago

Bat out of hell? Covid is global but questions over Wuhan lab leak won't go away

India Today  

“In the wake of any disaster -- a train derailment, a plane crash, a rocket explosion, a reactor meltdown, a terror attack or a war -- the causes of the disaster are investigated and the findings are used to inform policy changes to reduce the risks and the impacts of future disasters. Given the fact that Wuhan, the place where …

Knowing Covid's origin critical for future outbreaks: 18 scientists write demanding broader inquiry
3 years, 7 months ago

Knowing Covid's origin critical for future outbreaks: 18 scientists write demanding broader inquiry

India Today  

Amid a growing call for an investigation of the origins of the novel coronavirus pandemic that has bruised and battered every country on the planet, 18 scientists in a letter have asked for a deeper inquiry into the source of the deadly pathogen. Amid growing pressure from countries, China had in 2020 allowed a team of World Health Organisation into …

WHO report: COVID likely 1st jumped into humans from animals
3 years, 9 months ago

WHO report: COVID likely 1st jumped into humans from animals

Associated Press  

GENEVA — A joint World Health Organization-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely,” according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press. “I want to read the report first and then get a …

Leaked WHO report says COVID likely passed from bats to humans through another animal
3 years, 9 months ago

Leaked WHO report says COVID likely passed from bats to humans through another animal

Deccan Chronicle  

BEIJING: A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely,” according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press. However, the report says that “the evolutionary distance between these bat viruses and SARS-CoV-2 …

WHO-China study on COVID-19 origin says transmission from bats to humans via another animal 'very likely'
3 years, 9 months ago

WHO-China study on COVID-19 origin says transmission from bats to humans via another animal 'very likely'

ABC  

A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario. Key points: The Associated Press says it has obtained a draft copy of the report that outlines the study's findings Overall, the findings are largely as expected and left many questions unanswered The …

Covid-19 origin: WHO expert says wildlife trade most likely pathway for coronavirus to arrive in Wuhan
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19 origin: WHO expert says wildlife trade most likely pathway for coronavirus to arrive in Wuhan

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — The wildlife trade in China is the most likelypathway through which Covid-19 was able to spread from the original animal source, possibly bats, to humans, according to one of the authors of a long-awaited World Health Organization report on the origin of the virus. The report, expected to be released on Tuesday after repeated delays, will …

What happened in Wuhan? Why questions still linger on the origin of the coronavirus
3 years, 9 months ago

What happened in Wuhan? Why questions still linger on the origin of the coronavirus

CBS News  

WHO-led inquiry ends with even more questions than it began with on coronavirus origin This past Friday, a long-anticipated — and much-debated — report by the World Health Organization was delayed again. Peter Daszak: Yeah, these-- Lesley Stahl: Like what? Lesley Stahl: They never had the COVID-19 virus-- Peter Daszak: Not prior-- Lesley Stahl: --in that lab? Lesley Stahl: The …

Animals were likely source of coronavirus, not lab leak, WHO says
3 years, 9 months ago

Animals were likely source of coronavirus, not lab leak, WHO says

LA Times  

A WHO-China joint study press conference is held Feb. 9 at the end of a WHO mission to investigate the origins of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China. A joint World Health Organization-China study on the origins of the coronavirus says transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal was the most likely scenario and that a lab …

Research team locates 24 bat coronaviruses in southwestern China
3 years, 9 months ago

Research team locates 24 bat coronaviruses in southwestern China

India TV News  

During the search for the origin of the novel coronavirus, an international team of scientists has found 24 previously unknown bat coronaviruses, with four of them related to the strain that causes COVID-19, within a 4 km radius in southwestern China. One virus carried 'a genomic backbone arguably the closest to SARS-CoV-2 identified to date, but none appeared to be …

German Scientist is Convinced Covid-19 Leaked From Wuhan Lab Despite WHO Dismissing Theory
3 years, 10 months ago

German Scientist is Convinced Covid-19 Leaked From Wuhan Lab Despite WHO Dismissing Theory

News 18  

Ever since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, conspiracy theories have been sparking everywhere. One strong believer of the theory that coronavirus pandemic is a human-made travesty is German scientist Dr Roland Wiesendanger from the University of Hamburg. He has published a 105-page long document listing his reasons why coronavirus possibly leaked from a research lab in Wuhan. Recently, WHO …

The Hindu Explains | What has the WHO team’s field visit to China thrown up regarding the spread of SARS-CoV-2?
3 years, 10 months ago

The Hindu Explains | What has the WHO team’s field visit to China thrown up regarding the spread of SARS-CoV-2?

The Hindu  

The story so far: After several months of delay, concerns over access, and bickering between China and the U.S., a 17-member team from the World Health Organisation began a field visit on January 29, 2021, to unearth the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that has so far spread to over 108 million people and killed nearly 2.4 million people across …

EXPLAINER: What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan
3 years, 10 months ago

EXPLAINER: What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan

Associated Press  

WUHAN, China — A World Health Organization team has left China after gaining some new insights into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 2.3 million people — but with the major questions still unanswered. Here’s a look at the theories the team explored during their visit: THE BATS The mission to Wuhan did not change …

Origin and spread: The Hindu Editorial on identifying the source of SARS-CoV-2
3 years, 10 months ago

Origin and spread: The Hindu Editorial on identifying the source of SARS-CoV-2

The Hindu  

By concluding that a virus leak from a laboratory in China’s Wuhan, where the SARS-CoV-2 virus first emerged, is “extremely unlikely” and did not require further study, a 17-member WHO team and its Chinese counterparts have put to rest conspiracy theories that emerged early during the pandemic. While many scientists had dismissed the lab-origin theory, in mid-February 2020, a group …

Explainer: What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan
3 years, 10 months ago

Explainer: What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan

India Today  

A World Health Organisation team is leaving China on Wednesday after gaining some new insights into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic that has now killed more than 2.3 million people worldwide — but with the major questions still unanswered. At the WHO mission's closing news conference Tuesday, one team member said some of these animals have been traced to …

WHO Dismisses Theory That Virus Escaped From Lab As 'Extremely Unlikely'
3 years, 10 months ago

WHO Dismisses Theory That Virus Escaped From Lab As 'Extremely Unlikely'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A group of World Health Organization researchers called the theory that the coronavirus pandemic is the result of a Chinese lab accident “extremely unlikely” following two weeks of fieldwork looking into the pandemic’s origins. That determination was made after “long, frank, open discussions with researchers and management” at the Wuhan Institute of Virology ― the lab suspected …

Coronavirus | WHO team visits Wuhan virus lab at centre of speculation
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus | WHO team visits Wuhan virus lab at centre of speculation

The Hindu  

World Health Organisation investigators on Wednesday visited a research centre in the Chinese city of Wuhan that has been the subject of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus, with one member saying they intended to meet key staff and press them on critical issues. Uniformed and plainclothes security guards stood watch along the facility’s gated front entrance, but there …

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