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First known COVID-19 case was vendor in China's animal market in Wuhan: study

November 20, 2021

First known COVID-19 case was vendor in China's animal market in Wuhan: study

Wuhan city is where the coronavirus first emerged in 2019 and spiralled into a pandemic.

November 16, 2021
Scientists find 18 more viruses from China's wet markets

In the study, researchers from China, the US, Belgium and Australia claimed to have unearthed game animals that are commonly hunted or consumed as exotic food in China.
September 17, 2021
Study shows coronavirus might have multiple animal origins

The findings, posted on the virological.org discussion forum and not yet peer reviewed, may challenge the hypothesis that SARS-COV-2 escaped from a laboratory
September 09, 2021
Imported frozen food may play role in emergency of Covid-19

Scientists have called for international anti-virus cooperation, saying 'humanity musk work together beyond country borders to amplify surveillance for coronavirus,'
July 13, 2021
Keralite girl, India's first Covid case, contracts virus again after a year

The 20-year-old girl, a native of Kodungallur in Thrissur, is a medical student in China's Wuhan, the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic.
July 09, 2021
Evidence points to natural origin of Covid, not lab-leak: Scientists

While viruses have been known to leak from labs in the past, there is no data to suggest the Wuhan Institute of Virology had SARS-CoV-2, scientists said.
June 07, 2021
'COVID-19 pathogen has genetic footprint never observed in natural coronavirus'

A WSJ essay says the possibility that the pandemic began with an escape of COVID-19 pathogen from the Wuhan Institute of Virology is attracting fresh attention.

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