The Chinese origin of the coronavirus was again questioned. The South China Morning Post writes about it.
According to experts interviewed by the newspaper, the virus most likely did not originate in Wuhan, China, although it was first detected there. Zeng Guang, a specialist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), told about this.
According to the CDC epidemiologists, the coronavirus could have entered Wuhan through the supply of meat and seafood. Zeng Guang added that there is evidence of the emergence of coronavirus in Italy, and several months before the first case of infection in Wuhan.
On October 18, it was reported that a live coronavirus was first detected in China on frozen food packaging. This is the first time it has been confirmed outside the laboratory that SARS-CoV-2 can persist on packaging for a long time. The coronavirus persisted on the packaging of imported frozen cod.
An outbreak of pneumonia COVID-19 caused by a novel coronavirus was first recorded in December 2019 in Wuhan. On March 11, WHO announced that the situation could be characterized as a pandemic. According to the latest data, more than 57 million people are infected in the world.
