The four official Covid-19 origin theories


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Did the pangolin play a role in the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from bats to humans as an intermediary animal? — AFP

The Covid-19 pandemic origins report looked into four hypotheses as to how the SARS-CoV-2 virus entered the human species, ranking them from the most to the least likely.

The final report, a joint WHO-China study, which AFP obtained on March 29 (2021) ahead of its official release, spelled out how the joint team of Chinese scientists and international experts thrashed out the hierarchy of probability.

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