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30 marzo 2021

WHO report into COVID pandemic origins zeroes in on animal markets, not labs

Fonte: nature.com

Scientists say the conclusions make sense but note that supporters of the lab-leak theory are unlikely to be satisfied.

Markets that sold animals — some dead, some alive — in December 2019 have emerged as a probable source of the coronavirus pandemic in a major investigation organized by the World Health Organization (WHO).

That investigation winnowed out alternative hypotheses on when and where the pandemic arose, concluding that the virus probably didn’t spread widely before December or escape from a laboratory. The investigation report, released today, also takes a deep look at the likely role of markets — including the Huanan market in Wuhan, to which many of the first known COVID-19 infections are linked.

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