A pair of recently published studies found that the virus was likely transmitted to people from an animal.
New research points to a Wuhan market in China as the origin of the pandemic, further undermining claims that the coronavirus originated in a lab.
The idea that the virus originated in a market has long been the leading theory among the scientific community, but some have still insisted the virus was man-made and leaked from the. Two new research studies released on Saturday further backs up the market theory. One of the studies used spatial analysis to show that the earliest known cases of COVID-19 were located near the market. It found that positive environmental samples were"strongly associated" with vendors selling live animals including raccoon dogs.
"Together, these analyses provide dispositive evidence for the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 via the live wildlife trade and identify the Huanan market as the unambiguous epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic," the study said. The other study analyzed the pattern of genomic diversity of the virus early in the pandemic, finding that the disease was likely transmitted to people from an animal.
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