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'''New data links Covid-19’s origins to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market''' | '''New data links Covid-19’s origins to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market''' | ||
[[ | [[File:RaccoonDog.jpg|center|thumb|[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-T2lYzGdEVNPimEfCqpf-yVrBDKJn_WY?usp=share_link by Ian Sample 3/17/2023 The Guardian]]] | ||
Newly released genetic data gathered from a live food market in Wuhan has linked Covid-19 with raccoon dogs, adding weight to the theory that infected animals sold at the site started the coronavirus pandemic, researchers involved in the work say. | Newly released genetic data gathered from a live food market in Wuhan has linked Covid-19 with raccoon dogs, adding weight to the theory that infected animals sold at the site started the coronavirus pandemic, researchers involved in the work say. | ||
Swabs collected from stalls at the Huanan seafood market in the two months after it was shut down on 1 January 2020 were previously found to contain both Covid and human DNA. When the findings were published last year, Chinese researchers stated that the samples contained no animal DNA. | Swabs collected from stalls at the Huanan seafood market in the two months after it was shut down on 1 January 2020 were previously found to contain both Covid and human DNA. When the findings were published last year, Chinese researchers stated that the samples contained no animal DNA. | ||
