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Coronavirus came from animal: Study
A new research claimed that the Coronavirus mirrored the SARS outbreak 17 years ago, and an animal contagion is the most likely explanation. The researchers compared the epidemiological history of SARS CoV-2 to previous animal market-associated outbreaks.
In a preprint version of the paper, the researchers explained SARS-CoV-2’s genetic signatures, early epidemiology and research undertaken at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
“There is currently no evidence that SARS-CoV-2 has a laboratory origin. There is no evidence that any early cases had any connection to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), in contrast to the clear epidemiological links to animal markets in Wuhan, nor evidence that the Wuhan Institute of Virology possessed or worked on a progenitor of SARS-CoV-2 prior to the pandemic,” the authors said.
17 years ago, a similar outbreak of SARS emerged from the Huanan wholesale seafood market in Wuhan that sold live, wild animals. However, researchers are yet to find any bat reservoir or intermediate animal host for SARS-CoV-2.