Coronavirus origin: scientist says there is ‘strong evidence’ pointing to Wuhan market

A new analysis of the earliest cases of Covid-19 in China has renewed questions over who the first known patient was, and suggested spillover from a live-animal market was the most likely source of the virus that causes the disease. Michael Worobey, head of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona, relied on a close analysis of cases flagged by hospitals and reported in medical journals, alongside media reports, to argue that early links to the market were not just the…

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