New genetic analysis supports natural origin theory for COVID-19 pandemic.

A new analysis by an international team of researchers supports the theory that live animals traded at the Huanan Market in Wuhan, China, could have passed the coronavirus to humans, pointing to a natural origin for the Covid-19 pandemic. The swabs collected from the market contained traces of DNA from animals known to be susceptible to infection, including raccoon dogs, red foxes, rabbits, cats, and dogs. The findings support the theory that there wasn’t a single spillover event from animals to humans but probably several, centered at the market, that eventually launched Covid-19 into the wider world.