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It has long been suggested that eating bat-infected seafood pangolin may have been the cause of animal-to-human coronavirus infection.
Pangolins are considered a delicacy in China, where the coronavirus was first discovered. It is also the most illegally traded mammal in the world. Now, a group of Chinese scientists has successfully isolated a coronavirus from pangolins. This virus is very similar to the sars-cov-2 virus that now affects large parts of the world. Therefore, there is a greater scientific basis for assuming that the animal may have been intermediate when the coronavirus was transmitted to humans. United States President Donald Trump is among those who claim to have seen evidence that the virus originated in a laboratory in Wuhan City, China, where the coronavirus was first discovered. China rejects the charges, and so far no evidence has been provided to support the charge. Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia The findings are presented in An unedited article from the prestigious journal Nature. The article is not yet published in its final form, which means that errors that are relevant to the content can be detected. According to the researchers, the findings also mean that the trade in pangolins, and animals in general, must be controlled more effectively because it can pose a threat to public health.
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