China's latest U-turn, says Covid-19 virus had 'multiple origins'


Beijing May 27 (IANS): In what seems to be an absolutely new theory, Chinese scientists have said that the novel coronavirus may not have its origin in the Wuhan seafood market, which allegedly caused the dreaded Covid-19 pandemic. ‘People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, revealed on Wednesday that new evidence suggests 'multiple origins of the transmission of the virus'.

The leading newspaper of China wrote on Wednesday, "Chinese scientists have discovered a novel coronavirus clade that is different from that shared among patients connected to the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, which provides new evidence that the market may not be the origin of the virus that caused the pandemic."

On the new theory of the virus origin, the paper says, "Scientists collected viral genome samples from 326 patients in Shanghai between January 20 and February 25. They identified two major clades, both of which included cases diagnosed in early December 2019. The scientists noticed that genomes of six patients with contact history related to the Huanan seafood market fell into one kind of clade while those of three other patients diagnosed in the same period but without exposure to the market clustered into the other clade, suggesting multiple origins of transmission in Shanghai."

Earlier the Chinese study into the origin of the novel coronavirus have suggested that the virus, which caused havoc on the globe, had its origin in the famous Huanan seafood market in Wuhan. However, the US, especially its President Donald Trump, was not convinced by the claims of China on the origin of the virus.

The US and several European countries asked for a thorough probe to ascertain the origin of the virus which devastated the entire western world. Several scientists speculated that the virus could be leaked from a Chinese bio-lab.

The Huanan seafood market was previously deemed to be the origin of the novel coronavirus, but now research indicates that the speculation may not be right.

The Huanan seafood market is more like a victim of Covid-19, rather than the origin of the novel coronavirus, Gao Fu, director of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and member of the National Committee of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, had told the media on Monday.

Gao said that he had gone to Wuhan to collect samples for Covid-19 researchers in early January, but no viruses were detected in the animal samples. Viruses were only found in environmental samples, including sewage, wrote the People's Daily.

 

  

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  • GURKA, MANGALURU

    Wed, May 27 2020

    China can take any turns as per the current scenario ! there is no option other than believe them as whole world defeated by CHINA !! how ? you analyse yourself !

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  • G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore

    Wed, May 27 2020

    No sir, Origin is very important according to me . We want to know who is playing with human life. This should not occur in future. That is my point.

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  • Dan M, Dubai / Mangalore

    Wed, May 27 2020

    Jesus on different strains of virus

    Message to John Leary

    Monday, March 23, 2020:
    ...
    Jesus said: “My son, you are seeing evil people who are making these bioweapon viruses in China. You had heard someone tell you of several different strains of the current covid-19 virus. You also have read that this virus is a combination of SARS and HIV. You remember that when HIV was created in the lab, it had several strains depending on which animal was used. The HIV was crossed over into humans, and it had various indications of being made in the lab. There are different strains of corona virus depending on which mixture of HIV strains were combined with SARS. All of these viruses are deadly when they are weaponized for biological warfare. This is why people with compromised immune systems are more liable to die from this corona virus. This is why in America you are trying to protect your elderly people from getting this virus because they could die from it. Keep praying for your people to protect themselves by building up their immune systems, and pray that this virus will soon dissipate in the warmer weather

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  • Richard, India

    Wed, May 27 2020

    Please read the last verse of the book of revelation about those who manipulate Gods revelation. I really cannot understand why you are putting your own stories, presumptions and conclusions in to Gods mouth.

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  • Dan M, Dubai / Mangalore

    Thu, May 28 2020

    Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written. John 21:25

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  • sense_shetty, Mangalore

    Wed, May 27 2020

    Chinas image is taking another battering .. One is Covid ..other is its War posture with India.

    Its a double whammy for our old Chinese red Zone communists

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  • Sunil K, Mangalore

    Wed, May 27 2020

    Still you will not hear one word from Modi against Xi or China. Haven't you noticed it ? Modi still indebted to China in fixing the Gujarat model ?

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  • Alwin, Mangalore

    Wed, May 27 2020

    It's not origin important but intense damage to mankind by concealing disease.

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  • G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore

    Wed, May 27 2020

    No sir, origin is very important. We want to know who is playing with human life. This should not occur again. That is my point.

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