A Chinese scientist claimed that it is possible that covid-19 originated in humans. A scientist at Peking University discovered a similarity between the genetic sequences of viral samples taken from the Wuhan seafood market and patients inflamed with the coronavirus, suggesting that covid could have originated in humans. Until now, the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan was considered the 0th floor of the pandemic.
In a CNN report, Tong Yigang of Beijing University of Chemical Technology said that more than 1300 samples of environmental and frozen animals were taken from the market between January 2020 and March 2020, and that researchers isolated 3 viruses from environmental samples.
Tongo also said there wasn’t enough evidence from recent studies that had suggested raccoon dogs were the cause of the Covid-19 virus.
Another Chinese scientist, Zhou Lei, has called for a global clinical collaboration to hint at the origins of the virus, saying the site where covid-19 was first discovered is not necessarily its origin.
China won a barrage of complaints for blocking foreign investigations into the origins of the Covid-19 virus. Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said it still had no key knowledge from China about the beginnings of the Covid outbreak. The U. N. health framework said the lack of disclosure, according to the head of its emerging diseases program, is “simply unforgivable. “
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.
In January, Ghebreyesus held talks with Minister Ma Xiaowei, director of China’s National Health Commission, about Covid-19 in the country and sought deeper cooperation on the origins of the pandemic.
However, China reiterated that it is transparent and cooperative in sharing knowledge with WHO.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, debates about the origin of the Covid-19 virus have resurfaced. Last month, an assessment through the U. S. Department of Energy was carried out in the U. S. Department of Energy. The U. S. government said Covid had resurfaced due to a twist of fate in a lab. But the U. S. firm also flagged it as a “low confidence” determination.
However, Chinese scientists have refuted the theory of laboratory leakage, it is “extremely unlikely”.
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