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In the first known estimate of the SARS-CoV spillover risk from bats to people, researchers who studied bat populations in South East Asia and interactions with humans estimate that about 66,280 people a year are infected each year. The team, based at EcoHealth Alliance, published their findings today in Nature Communications. The group also included two scientists from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology.To make their prediction model, they examined data on 26 bat species with known SARS-CoV seq

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60% of Americans believe Covid-19 was created in Wuhan lab and then leaked: Poll

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Expert says origins of pandemic could be known in few years

LONDON – The global community will find out “fairly soon, within the next few years” what started the coronavirus pandemic, a key member of a World Health Organization-led investigation into the pandemic's origins said on Wednesday.

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Here’s what the WHO’s coronavirus experts learned from their visit to Wuhan

China on Wednesday after gaining some new insights into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic that has now killed more than 2.3 million people worldwide — but with the major questions still unanswered.The visit was politically sensitive for China — which is concerned about any allegations it didn’t handle the initial outbreak properly — and has been closely watched around the world.Team member Peter Daszak sounded an upbeat note on arriving at the airport at the end of the four-week trip to the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the first COVID-19 cases were detected in December 2019.

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WHO's Wuhan mission over Covid origin ends. 5 questions still unanswered

World Health Organization expert mission to China ended this week without finding the source of the coronavirus that has killed over 2.3 million worldwide.But the team of foreign experts did agree the virus likely jumped from bats to an unknown animal species, before being transmitted to humans.It also concluded that it was "extremely unlikely" that the virus came from a high-security lab in the central city of Wuhan, appearing to quash a number of theories linking the city's virology institute to the outbreak.Huge global pressure and scrutiny trailed the team during its probe in China, which mission member Peter Daszak described as working "flat out under the most politically charged environment possible."After a mission that lasted nearly

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WHO to reveal what they've found today after searching for Covid origin clues in Wuhan

Covid-19, will reveal what they've found today.The team, who have spent nearly a month in Wuhan, China, are expected to brief media on their findings at around 7.30am today, (Tuesday, February 9).WHO experts are expected to be joined with scientists from the Chinese side who have been involved in the investigation.The team touched down in the city on January 14, and following two weeks of quarantine, visited key sites known to be connected to coronavirus.They visited the Huanan seafood market, the location of the first known cluster of infections as well as the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has been involved in research related to Covid.The team have clarified expectations from their mission, with zoologist Peter Daszak telling Reuters

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Covid scientists in Wuhan find evidence about how pandemic started

Covid in China have been given access all areas passes to discover how the pandemic started.The World Health Organisation (WHO) experts are in Wuhan to to work out what caused the virus that has killed more than two million people in 12 months.The team are set to announce their details findings later this week in an eagerly awaited report.British zoologist Peter Daszak told CNN his team of investigators had submitted a list of places to visit and people to speak to, receiving no opposition from the Chinese authorities, the Daily Mirror reported.He added that evidence has been found about the virus' origins and is being "pieced together".He said: "We are not running rogue here, we are talking to our hosts.

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WHO team investigating Wuhan Covid outbreak ‘find evidence’ of how pandemic started

World Health Organisation have found evidence that will bring them closer to determining how the coronavirus pandemic started in the Chinese city of Wuhan.“It’s the beginning of hopefully a really deep understanding of what happened so we can stop the next one,” said New York-based zoologist Peter Daszak, who is part of the team who say they have uncovered "important clues" about a Wuhan seafood market’s role in the outbreak.He said that the investigation will settle once and for all the question of whether the virus might have originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a maximum bio-containment laboratory studying bat-borne coronaviruses.“We really have to cover the whole gamut of key lines of investigation,” he told Bloomberg via

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Wuhan Covid investigator says WHO team has found evidence about how pandemic started

A team of World Health Organisation (WHO) experts investigating the origins of coronavirus in Wuhan have been given unrestricted access in their quest to discover how the pandemic began.

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AP INTERVIEW: China granted WHO team full access in Wuhan

WUHAN – A member of the World Health Organization expert team investigating the origins of the coronavirus in Wuhan says the Chinese side granted full access to all sites and personnel they requested to visit and meet with.

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China bat caves need exploring in search for Covid origins: WHO team member

SHANGHAI/WUHAN : A member of the World Health Organization-led team searching for clues to the origins of Covid-19 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan said work was needed to try to trace genetic elements of the virus in bat caves.Peter Daszak, a zoologist and animal disease expert, said the team in Wuhan had been receiving new information about how the virus, first identified in the city in late 2019, led to a pandemic. He did not elaborate but said there was no evidence to suggest it emerged from a lab.The origin of the coronavirus has become highly politicised following accusations, especially by the United States, that China was not transparent in its early handling of the outbreak.

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WHO team in Wuhan says discussions open, meetings frank

One of the World Health Organization investigators looking for clues into the origin of the coronavirus in the central Chinese city of Wuhan said that the Chinese side has provided a high level of cooperation.

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WHO team in Wuhan does not rule out coronavirus could have escaped from laboratory

A team of global experts probing the origins of Covid-19 in Wuhan have not ruled out the possibility that it escaped from a lab.

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WHO team visits animal disease center in Wuhan, China

WUHAN – World Health Organization experts visited an animal disease center in the Chinese city of Wuhan on Tuesday as part of their investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

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WHO Covid-19 investigation team visits Wuhan animal health facility

A team of investigators led by the World Health Organization have arrived at an animal health facility in China's central city of Wuhan in the search for clues about the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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WHO team in Wuhan to start Covid origin probe under the global glare

World Health Organization left quarantine in Wuhan on Thursday to begin a heavily scrutinised probe into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, after Washington urged a "robust and clear" investigation.The group started a two-week quarantine on arrival on January 14 in the central Chinese city where the first known cluster of virus cases emerged in late 2019.Wearing masks, they peered at the ranks of waiting media from the window of a bus which whisked them from the quarantine to another hotel on Thursday -- although it was not immediately clear when and where their investigation will start."So proud to graduate from our 14 days...

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After aborted attempt, sensitive WHO mission to study pandemic origins is on its way to China

Kai KupferschmidtScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.On Monday evening, Peter Daszak drove to John F. Kennedy airport in New York City for the second time this year, hoping to fly to Wuhan, China.

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Prince William Wants To End The Illegal Wildlife Trade For Good Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Prince William wants to end the illegal wildlife trade for good.

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Scientist warns of nearly 2 million potentially infectious viruses in animals

A top scientist has chillingly warned there are nearly 2 million unknown viruses lurking in animals that could spread to and infect humans.

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'Preposterous.' 77 Nobel laureates blast NIH decision to cancel coronavirus grant, demand investigation

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