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Covid origin studies say evidence points to Wuhan market

Scientists say there is "compelling evidence" that Wuhan's Huanan seafood and wildlife market was at the centre of the Covid-19 outbreak. Two peer-reviewed studies published on Tuesday re-examine information from…

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Early ‘lab-grown’ Covid virus found in sample lends weight to Wuhan theory

An early version of Covid-19 that appears to have been grown in a laboratory has been discovered in samples from a Chinese biotechnology firm. The finding lends weight to claims…

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Market in China’s Wuhan likely origin of COVID-19 outbreak – study

SINGAPORE, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The first known COVID-19 case was a market vendor in the Chinese city of Wuhan, not an accountant who appeared to have no link to…

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China rejects WHO plan for study of COVID-19 origin

China rejected on Thursday a World Health Organization (WHO) plan for a second phase of an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus, which includes the hypothesis it could have…

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First COVID-19 case could have emerged in China in October 2019

The virus that causes COVID-19 could have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in the central city of Wuhan,…

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China disease expert says COVID-19 origins probe should shift to U.S.

A senior Chinese expert said the United States should be the priority in the next phase of investigations into the origin of COVID-19 after a study showed the disease could…

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UPDATED: Fauci calls on China to release medical records of Wuhan laboratory workers

Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has called on China to release the medical records of nine people whose ailments might provide vital clues into whether COVID-19 first…

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Former MI6 chief says West had been naive in its trust of China regarding Covid-19 origin

Evidence that a lab leak in Wuhan sparked the coronavirus pandemic has probably been destroyed by China, the former head of the British MI6 has said. Sir Richard Dearlove, who…

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British PM Johnson says he doesn’t believe COVID-19 escaped from a lab – CBC News

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he does not believe the COVID-19 virus escaped from a Chinese lab in Wuhan province but is keeping an eye on new evidence as…

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What is known so far about the origins of COVID-19

Scientists are revisiting a central mystery of COVID-19: Where, when and how did the virus that causes the disease originate? The two prevailing competing theories are that the virus jumped…

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U.S. intelligence community acknowledges two theories of coronavirus origin

The U.S. intelligence community on Thursday acknowledged its agencies had two theories on where COVID-19 originated, with two agencies believing it emerged naturally from human contact with infected animals and…

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UPDATED: Biden orders investigation into COVID-19 origins, China says U.S. politicising issue hampers investigations

U.S. President Joe Biden has ordered the US intelligence community to ‘redouble’ its efforts studying the origins of coronavirus, adding that it will continue to press for China to participate…

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WSJ reports Wuhan lab staff sought hospital care before COVID-19 outbreak disclosed

Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) sought hospital care in November 2019, months before China disclosed the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a previously…

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Former CDC chief Redfield says he thinks COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab

The former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said he believes the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 likely escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, embracing…

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‘All hypotheses remain open’, says WHO after experts all but dismiss lab leak

The director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, appears to have rejected comments made on Tuesday by the team of experts studying the origins of the Covid-19…

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White House to scrutinise WHO report that says COVID-19 unlikely from Chinese lab

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The Biden administration is looking forward to scrutinizing data included in a World Health Organization report released on Tuesday that said the COVID-19 virus did…

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WHO expert in Wuhan says lab leak ‘very unlikely’ as COVID source

WUHAN, China, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of COVID-19, Peter Ben Embarek, said on Tuesday that it was…

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WHO team in Wuhan hold “good discussions” with Chinese counterparts

WUHAN, China, Feb 1 (Reuters) - A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday visited the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in China's…

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WHO team visits Wuhan market where first COVID infections detected

WUHAN, China, Jan 31 (Reuters) - A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of COVID-19 visited Huanan market on Sunday, the wholesale seafood centre in the central…

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WHO says team in Wuhan to visit labs, markets and hospitals

WUHAN, China (Reuters) - A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic will meet Chinese scientists on Friday and plans to visit labs, markets and hospitals…

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A year after Wuhan lockdown, China reports small rise in COVID-19 cases

China on Saturday reported a slight increase in new cases of COVID-19 as it marks the anniversary of the world's first coronavirus lockdown, in the city of Wuhan where the…

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Wuhan, one year after coronavirus lockdown

China locked down the central city of Wuhan a year ago at the start of the Lunar New Year, the country’s biggest holiday, as it battled to contain the spread…

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‘We are not afraid’: Wuhan residents say they hope WHO team finds virus origins

WUHAN, China (Reuters) - With investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) set to visit China next year, residents of Wuhan are saying they want the team to come to…

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A year on, markets bustling in Chinese city where COVID-19 emerged

WUHAN (Reuters) - Hundreds of shoppers pack a wet market on a December weekday morning in the Chinese city of Wuhan, jostling to buy fresh vegetables and live fish, frogs…

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A year after Wuhan alarm, China seeks to change Covid origin story

Chinese city of Wuhan, the country appears to be stepping up a campaign to question the origins of the global Covid-19 pandemic. Chinese State media has been reporting intensively on…

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Widow of whistle-blower doctor who first launched Covid-19 alarm, gives birth to son

The second son of Li Wenliang was born in a hospital in Wuhan. Li Wenliang, was the doctor who in December first launched the alarm on the spread of a…

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Wuhan Institute of Virology director speaks out on virus possible origins

Claims promoted by US President Donald Trump that the global coronavirus pandemic originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in the central Chinese city are "pure fabrication," the institute's director said. Wang…

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Residents express concern as Wuhan revs up massive Covid-19 testing campaign

As Wuhan, the Chinese city where the COVID-19 pandemic began, revs up a massive testing campaign, some residents crowding the test centres expressed concern on Saturday that the very act…

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Explainer – Inside the Institute of Virology in Wuhan, Hubei province, China

Nestled in the hilly outskirts of Wuhan, the city at the heart of the coronavirus crisis, a Chinese high-security biosafety laboratory is now the subject of U.S. claims it may…

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Wuhan laboratory insists ‘no way coronavirus came from us’

The head of a research laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan, ground zero of the coronavirus, has broken his silence to reject claims the facility could be the source…

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France says no evidence so far of link between Covid19 and Wuhan laboratory

France said there was no evidence so far of a link between the new coronavirus and the work of the P4 research laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where…

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China’s Wuhan city revises death toll to register a 50% increase

The total number of coronavirus deaths in Wuhan has been revised up by 1,290 - a 50% increase. According to the latest figures, 3,869 people are known to have died…

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Wuhan’s lockdown ends after 11 weeks, China’s new coronavirus cases surge

Mainland China’s new coronavirus cases doubled in 24 hours as the number of infected overseas travellers surged, and new asymptomatic infections more than quadrupled, pressuring authorities to tighten measures to…

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Flight carrying Britons and other foreign nationals evacuated from Wuhan lands in UK

An evacuation flight carrying Britons out of the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, has landed in the UK. It comes as the death toll in…

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Chinese doctor who tried to warn medics about Coronavirus dies in Wuhan

The Chinese doctor who tried to warn other medics about the coronavirus has died after contracting the infection in Wuhan. According to local media, ophthalmologist Dr Li Wenliang died from…

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Germany confirms three more cases of coronavirus, Thailand ‘not able to stop the spread’ of virus

The German Health Ministry confirmed late on Tuesday that three further cases of the new dangerous strain of coronavirus have been discovered in Bavaria, increasing the total number of patients in…

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Italian Foreign Ministry plans to evacuate Italians in Wuhan

The Italian foreign ministry has drawn up plans to possibly evacuate Italians from Wuhan, the Chinese city where the deadly new SARS-like coronavirus virus was discovered. One hypothesis currently being…

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Australia confirms fifth coronavirus case from last flight out of Wuhan

Australia confirmed on Monday its fifth case of a new coronavirus, with health officials saying the case involved a 21-year-old woman who was on the last flight out of the…

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Leuven and Antwerp Universities suspend student exchanges to China over virus outbreak

The University of Antwerp and the Catholic University of Leuven have announced that they are suspending authorisation for their students to take part in exchange programmes or work experience in…

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China warns coronavirus is getting stronger and infections could rise

China has warned the ability of the deadly coronavirus to spread is getting stronger as the number infected globally rose to more than 2,000. The authorities said little is known…

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Australia considering evacuation of its citizens from Wuhan

Australia Foreign Minister Marise Payne said diplomatic staff are working with Chinese authorities in an effort to get Australian citizens out of the Chinese city dubbed 'ground zero' in…

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Suspected case of coronavirus infection in Portugal

Portugal’s health ministry said in a statement that doctors were monitoring and treating a patient in the Curry Cabral hospital in Lisbon, who is believed to have contracted the…

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US prepares evacuation from virus hit regions in China, U.S. Confirms Third Case

The new virus accelerated its spread in China with 56 deaths so far, and the U.S. Consulate in the epicentre of the outbreak, the central city of Wuhan, announced Sunday…

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Italy puts family doctors on alert over Chinese virus outbreak, sets up crisis unit

Italy has stepped up its precautionary measures after the outbreak of a new SARS-like coronavirus in China, with alerts being sent out to family doctors and the launch of a…

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Chinese city of Wuhan put in isolation over virus outbreak

China closed off a city of more than 11 million people Thursday, halting transportation and warning against public gatherings, to try to stop the spread of a deadly new virus…

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China advises against travel to Wuhan over mystery virus outbreak

Chinese authorities have urged people to stop travelling in and out of Wuhan, the city at the centre of a new virus outbreak that has killed nine. Those living in…

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China confirms sharp rise in cases of SARS-like virus across the country

China on Monday reported a mysterious SARS-like virus had spread across the country, including to Beijing, raising concerns as millions begin trips for the Lunar New Year. A third person…

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Experts warn over scale of China mystery virus as US airports start screening

The true scale of the outbreak of a mysterious SARS-like virus in China is likely far bigger than officially reported, scientists have warned, as countries ramp up measures to prevent…

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First death from China mystery illness outbreak

A 61-year-old man has died from pneumonia in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in an outbreak of a yet to be identified virus while seven others are in critical…

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