Newly released data from Wuhan market sheds light on COVID origins.
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Chinese scientists briefly uploaded data to a pathogen database, providing new clues on the origins of COVID-19, including the role of raccoon dogs in the virus reaching humans. The data showed that animals susceptible to the virus were present in the Huanan market in Wuhan, where the virus was first identified. The report, written by international researchers, adds to the evidence identifying the market as the spillover location of SARS-CoV-2. The WHO has called on China to release more information, and all hypotheses for COVID-19's origins remain on the table.
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- Was a Raccoon Dog the Source of COVID? New York Magazine
- Researchers say newly posted analysis supports natural origin for Covid-19 pandemic CNN
- WHO, advisers urge China to release all COVID-related data after new research KSL.com
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