The expert described the hypothesis that it arrived in Wuhan via an intermediate host as “between probable and highly probable,” and that the outbreak in the city originated from frozen produce, a theory Beijing has emphasized since 2020, as “probable.” . .
According to the experts, it is “extremely unlikely” that the infections in Wuhan originated in a laboratory, Zhou said.
The WHO expert group investigating the origins of the coronavirus recently raised the possibility that the raccoon dog, an animal sold in the Wuhan market where the pandemic started, was key in transmitting the pathogen to humans.
Tedros stressed this week that the various hypotheses about the origin of the coronavirus, which has caused nearly seven million deaths worldwide, remain.
Source: El heraldo
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