The WHO team will investigate if the pathogen possibly jumped from an animal to a human host in Wuhan. Photo: TNS The WHO team will investigate if the pathogen possibly jumped from an animal to a human host in Wuhan. Photo: TNS
The WHO team will investigate if the pathogen possibly jumped from an animal to a human host in Wuhan. Photo: TNS
China /  Science

Coronavirus: more heat than light in quest for origin of Covid-19

  • The WHO, an Italian study and a team from a medical journal are tracking the pathogen’s source but there’s still no answer on where it made the leap to humans
  • China maintains that the disease’s initial appearance in Wuhan did not mean it started there

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Linda LewNadia Lam
Linda Lew and Nadia Lam

Updated: 6:46am, 25 Nov, 2020

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The WHO team will investigate if the pathogen possibly jumped from an animal to a human host in Wuhan. Photo: TNS The WHO team will investigate if the pathogen possibly jumped from an animal to a human host in Wuhan. Photo: TNS
The WHO team will investigate if the pathogen possibly jumped from an animal to a human host in Wuhan. Photo: TNS
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