Tong Yigang of Beijing University of Chemical Technology claimed that the Covid-19 virus could have originated in humans, CNN reported. The Chinese scientist speaking at a press conference held through China’s State Council related to studies on the origin of the virus said The genetic sequences of viral samples taken from the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan were site 0 of the pandemic, they were “almost identical” to those of patients inflamed with the coronavirus. suggesting that COVID-19 may have originated in humans.
At the press conference, Tong said that between January 2020 and March 2020, more than 1300 samples of environmental and frozen animals were taken from the market and the researchers isolated 3 viruses from the environmental samples.
He also said there was still not enough evidence from recent studies that had suggested raccoon dogs were the cause of the COVID-19 virus, according to CNN.
A researcher at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Zhou Lei, speaking at the same event, called for a global clinical collaboration to hint at the origins of the virus, saying the site where COVID-19 was first discovered doesn’t necessarily where it originated.
According to CNN, China has been heavily criticized for blocking foreign research into the origins of the virus. Earlier this week, the World Health Organization said it still had key information from China about the early stages of the outbreak, a lack of disclosure that the head of its emerging diseases program called “simply unforgivable. “
However, China has said that it has shown transparency and cooperation with the WHO.
Debates surrounding the origins of the virus have recently resurfaced following an assessment last month by the U. S. Department of Energy. UU. de that is probably the result of a laboratory accident. But the US company also called it “low confidence,” according to CNN.
Zhou on Saturday refuted the theory of laboratory leakage, it is “extremely unlikely. “
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, recently said (local time) that the organization would continue to push until a solution was found at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, following a report suggesting there was an abandoned investigation.
“We have to keep pushing until we get the answer,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters, referring to the search for the origins of the virus that began spreading in China in late 2019.
Ghebreyesus held talks in January with Minister Ma Xiaowei, head of China’s National Health Commission, on COVID-19 in the country and sought deeper cooperation on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I spoke to Minister Ma Xiaowei about the #COVID19 stage in #Chine. I appreciated the publication of detailed information, which we ask you to continue to share. I asked for additional image sharing and cooperation with the origins of the virus. The WHO leader tweeted.
Providence recently reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s deployment of an army general to control Wuhan labs makes it clear that Xi was never transparent about the origin of the virus and that it’s just about creating false narratives.
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