COVID pandemic started in Wuhan market animals after all, suggests latest study

The hunt for the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic has new leads. Researchers have identified half a dozen animal species that could have passed SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, to people, by reanalysing genomes collected from an animal market in Wuhan, China¹. The study establishes the presence of animals and the virus at the market, although it does not confirm whether the animals themselves were infected with the virus.

Nature 634, 14-15 (2024)

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