Market in the Chinese city of Wuhan likely the origin of Covid-19 outbreak, not an accountant who appeared to have no link to the market but whose case contributed to speculation the virus could have leaked from a lab, study finds.
The origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 remains a mystery and a major source of tension between China and the United States.
A WHO-led team of experts spent four weeks in and around the central city of Wuhan with Chinese scientists and said in a joint report in March that the SARS-CoV-2 virus had probably been transmitted from bats to humans through another animal but that further research was needed.
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