Covid-19 may have spread in Wuhan seafood market, but originated elsewhere, says WHO expert

People are seen eating in front of a restaurant in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province on February 5, 2021. - AFP

MOSCOW, Feb 6 (Xinhua): Wuhan's Huanan seafood market may have made it possible for the novel coronavirus to spread, but it does not mean the virus originated there, a Russian expert has said.

"There is no evidence that the virus originated there" but "hypothetically, there are all conditions for the spread of the virus there," Vladimir Dedkov, a member of the World Health Organisation's (WHO) expert team, was quoted as saying by Sputnik.