Dispute over Italian coronavirus study shows challenges of probing origins
Where, when and how the virus originated is one of the central mysteries of COVID-19, which has killed more than four million.
Sat Jul 24 2021
WHO official hits out over virus origins claims
Dr. Michael Ryan said it would likely take "multiple studies and multiple trips" to determine the original source of the coronavirus.
Fri May 28 2021
WHO says would be 'highly speculative' to say COVID did not emerge in China
He repeated that the WHO intended to send researchers to the Wuhan food market to probe the virus origins further.
Sat Nov 28 2020
Thai scientists catch bats to trace virus origins
Initial research has already pointed to bats as the source of the virus that has afflicted more than 20.5 million people and caused the deaths of over 748,000 worldwide.
Thu Aug 13 2020