A new genetic analysis of animals in the Wuhan market in 2019 may help find COVID-19's origin

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Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to people.

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Researchers analyzed genetic material gathered from the Chinese market where the first outbreak was detected and found that the most likely animals were, civet cats and bamboo rats. The scientists suspect infected animals were first brought to the Wuhan market in late November 2019, which then triggered the pandemic.

While the research bolsters the case that COVID-19 emerged from animals, it does not resolve the polarized and political debate over whether the virus “It’s a significant finding and this does shift the dial more in favor of an animal origin," Woolhouse, who was not connected to the research, said. “But it is not conclusive.”, scientists from Europe, the U.S. and Australia analyzed data previously released by experts at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. It included 800 samples of genetic material Chinese workers collected on Jan.

 

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