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Evidence points to Wuhan market as source of Covid-19 outbreak
Genetic testing on samples collected during the earliest days of the covid-19 outbreak suggests it is likely that the virus spread from animals to humans at the Huanan seafood market
The researchers re-analysed data from 800 samples collected at the Huanan market by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention beginning on 1 January 2020, and also studied viral genomes from the earliest covid-19 cases. Contrary to some statements made by Chinese investigators, the team found evidence for a variety of wildlife being sold at the market that could have been an intermediate host for the virus, including common raccoon dogs ( Nyctereutes procyonoides), masked palm civets ( Paguma larvata) and hoary bamboo rats ( Rhizomys pruinosus). Robert Edwards at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, who wasn’t involved in the research, says a “dream team of evolutionary biologists” conducted the latest study.
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