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All data indicates that the new bat-borne coronavirus in China at the end of last year was not manipulated or created in a laboratory setting. This was announced on April 21 by the World Health Organization.
“All available evidence indicates that the virus is of animal origin,” WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib said at a briefing in Geneva.
He added that it is unclear how the virus overcame the human path, but is now believed to have been an intermediate animal host.
The new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, previously known as 2019-nCoV, was discovered in China late last year. COVID-19 case. In some cases, the disease is mild, in others, with symptoms of colds and flu, such as fever and cough. It can develop into pneumonia, which can be fatal. Most of the patients recover; For the most part, people with weakened immune systems, particularly the elderly, die.
According to the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Studies, nearly 2.5 million cases of coronaviruses have been reported worldwide on April 21. 171 152 died, more than 656 thousand recovered.