WHO Report: Wildlife Farms, Not Market, Likely Source Of Coronavirus Pandemic
The coronavirus most likely did not originate at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, says a WHO report due tomorrow. But critics are questioning the independence of the investigative team.
The highly anticipated World Health Organization report on the origins of the coronavirus that sparked a global pandemic is due out Tuesday.
In an exclusive interview with NPR, Peter Daszak, part of the investigative team that did two weeks of research in China, said they found evidence that wildlife farms may be a potential source of the main spillover event.
Daszak, a disease ecologist, noted that these farms supply vendors at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, which early onwas identified as a possible starting point ofthe pandemic.
