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Scientists confirm existence of Raccoon Dogs at Wuhan market prior to COVID-19 outbreak

Beijing: Raccoon dogs and other animals susceptible to COVD-19 were sold at the market in Wuhan prior to its closure in 2020 over the coronavirus pandemic, though its still unclear whether they transmitted the infection to humans, according to research conducted by Chinese researchers and published in the journal Nature. more

NeoCoV virus: Wuhan scientists warn of new coronavirus strain with higher infection rate, fatality

Wuhan: Chinese scientists have warned that a strain of coronavirus has been discovered in South Africa which is potentially more transmissible and deadly, media reports said on Friday.

China: Wuhan lab created '10,000-times stronger than usual’ coronavirus strains

Wuhan: A Wuhan-based lab in China created coronavirus strains that were up to 10,000-times stronger than usual, media reports said on Saturday.

Investigation finds 26 out of the 27 Lancet scientists debunking that Covid leaked from a Chinese lab have links to Wuhan

Wuhan: A new investigation has revealed that 26 scientists, who wrote a letter in The Lancet medical journal dismissing the possibility that Covid-19 originated from a Wuhan lab, ha ...

WHO chief Tedros urges China to to be more cooperative in finding the origin of COVID-19

Geneva: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has asked China to be more cooperative with the WHO's second phase of the investigation into the origins of Covid-19.

Research finds thousands of wild animals were sold at Wuhan markets in months before Covid-19 outbreak

Beijing: A new research has found that thousands of animals were sold in markets in the Chinese city of Wuhan just before the COVID-19 outbreak.

Study says COVID-19 was created in Chinese labs

Beijing: A study has revealed that Chinese scientists created COVID-19 in a Wuhan lab and then even attempted to cover their tracks by reverse-engineering versions of the virus to make it ...

China attempted to cover up the coronavirus in the early days: Ex-US Deputy national security advisor Matt Pottinger

Beijing: Former US deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger has said China had attempted to cover up the coronavirus in the early days of the crisis.

COVID-19: WHO Wuhan mission now finds possible signs of wider original outbreak in 2019

Wuhan:Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO), who are trying to find the possible origin of the COVID-19 virus outbreak in China, have discovered signs the outbreak was mu ...

Huanan market may not be 1st place where COVID-19 outbreak started in Wuhan: Expert

Moscow/Sputnik: The Huanan seafood market may not be the first place where the coronavirus outbreak started in China's Wuhan, as the earliest case in China is not indeed associated wi ...