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Raccoon Dogs at Wuhan Market Linked to Covid Origins
health3 years ago

Raccoon Dogs at Wuhan Market Linked to Covid Origins

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to release new data linking the origins of Covid-19 to animal samples at Wuhan Market after the country recently took down the research. The WHO emphasized that "all hypotheses" on how Covid entered the human population are still on the table, and studies need to be conducted on potential breaches in biosecurity from a lab or whether the virus originated in a bat before jumping to humans. The new data doesn't provide a conclusive answer to how the pandemic began, "but it does provide more clues," said Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's Covid-19 technical lead.

Raccoon Dogs at Wuhan Market Linked to COVID-19 Pandemic Origins
science3 years ago

Raccoon Dogs at Wuhan Market Linked to COVID-19 Pandemic Origins

Genetic data from swabs taken from the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, has linked the coronavirus with raccoon dogs for sale there, adding evidence to the case that the pandemic could have been ignited by an infected animal that was being dealt through the illegal wildlife trade. The genetic data was drawn from samples taken from the market in January 2020, shortly after Chinese authorities had shut down the market because of suspicions that it was linked to the outbreak of a new virus.