Was the COVID-19 pandemic’s epicentre a Chinese lab? Fresh evidence says no (again)
US researchers conclude that SARS-CoV-2 probably spilled from animals to people on two separate occasions via wet markets
Two major studies appear to offer more evidence that SARS-CoV-2 originated in a wet market in the city of Wuhan rather than escaping from a Chinese laboratory.
The findings, both published on Tuesday in Science, show the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market is likely to have been the early epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic.
US researchers conclude that SARS-CoV-2 probably spilled from animals to people on two separate occasions.
In one study, University of Arizona authors used mapping tools to estimate the locations of more than 150 of the earliest reported COVID-19 cases from December 2019.
