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Where did COVID come from? WHO investigation begins but faces challenges

Identifying the source will be tricky, and investigators will need to grapple with the sensitive political situation.
  1. Smriti Mallapaty
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its plan to investigate the origins of the COVID pandemic. The search will start in Wuhan — the Chinese city where the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was first identified — and expand across China and beyond. Tracing the virus’s path is important for preventing future viral spillovers, but scientists say the WHO team faces a daunting task.

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Nature 587, 341-342 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03165-9

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  1. Chavarria-Miró, G. et al. Preprint at medRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.13.20129627 (2020).

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