Studies show COVID likely came from Wuhan market, not lab
By DW
27 July 2022 |
3:38 pm
Two studies indicate that COVID-19 emerged from an animal-to-human spillover at a market in China's city of Wuhan. Both papers bolster the theory that the virus emerged naturally, rather than escaping from a Chinese lab.
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