China has begun to rewrite the history of the coronavirus epidemic

Almost a year after the new coronavirus was first identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the country has embarked on a strong campaign to question the origin of the infection, writes The Guardian.

Chinese state media is heavily publishing that the coronavirus was discovered in imported frozen food packaging, and a comprehensive investigation is underway to determine whether the coronavirus may have been present beyond China’s borders prior to December 2019.

The state newspaper People’s Daily stated directly in a Facebook post last week that all available evidence suggests that the coronavirus epidemic did not originate in Wuhan, China.

The coronavirus was discovered in autumn, but it does not originate from it

Quoted in entry Zeng Guang former director of epidemiology.

To address the document, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said it was very important to differentiate between where the coronavirus was first identified and where it first infected humans.

Although the first cases were recorded in China, this does not necessarily mean that it developed here. Determination of origin is still ongoing and several countries and regions may be involved

He explained Zhao Lijian.

Chinese researchers have even submitted their publication to one of the most recognized scientific journals, The Lancet, stating that the virus did not begin to spread from person to person in Wuhan. While they write

the first case may have occurred in the Indian subcontinent.

The Indian subcontinent covers Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, but not China.

Western scientists still cannot be convinced that the virus does not originate in China. Michael Ryan, said last week the director of emergencies of the World Health Organization (WHO), all the related information is speculation.

Recently, the news has come to light that already in the fall of 2019, the coronavirus may have appeared in Italy. Jonathan’s stove, a virologist at the Francis Crick Research Institute in London, says he has weak legs. He sees that the available serological data can be explained by the fact that antibodies against other types of coronavirus have developed in some bodies, not linked to the present.

The scientific community also agrees that viruses found in frozen foods pose virtually no risk to humans, so the likelihood of the disease reaching China is negligible.

Experts say the Chinese regime is aware that the virus originates in the country, but they are trying to create alternative stories to ease the pressure on them. The propaganda also worked at home because it successfully caught the spread of the epidemic, but they have already been in diplomatic clashes several times internationally over the epidemic.

China’s credibility is also called into question by the fact that they don’t really want to work with independent experts. The WHO researchers traveled to Wuhan this year, but were not allowed to enter the market where the first center was presumably formed. The organization may send another team to the scene soon, but there is no time for that yet.

Determining the origin of an epidemic can also be key to preventing future epidemics, but for the moment, Beijing is more concerned with who to blame than with giving an actual answer to the question.