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Experts: Identifying COVID-19 origin important, predicting next pandemic vital By (0) Efforts to find the origins of the coronavirus are important, but spotting the next pandemic is crucial, experts say. Illustration courtesy of CDC March 11 (UPI) -- Finding the origins of the virus that causes COVID-19 could guide public health efforts aimed at ending the current pandemic, experts from Duke University said Thursday. However, identifying new bugs that threaten to start the next one is even more vital, they said during a conference call with reporters hosted by the school. Advertisement Le...

It's been one year since COVID-19 stunned the world, but many questions still remain, including where it came from. "Three possibilities: the virus was brought to Wuhan by a human, by animal or by frozen food," said Professor Linfa Wang, Duke University. At this point, most scientists agree the ancestor virus of COVID-19 did come from bats. And experts say that's a result of the human race imposing upon the natural ecosystem. "It's this notion of out moving into places where we really don't need to be," said Professor Stuart Pimm at Duke University. And the experts agree, this is not the fir...

China clamps down in hidden hunt for the origins of COVID-19 Internal government documents show that the release of research must be orchestrated under Xi Jinping’s direction with the help of propaganda and public opinion teams to ‘guide publication’ By Dake Kang, Maria Cheng and Sam McNeil / AP, MOJIANG, China Deep in the lush mountain valleys of southern China lies the entrance to a mine shaft that once harbored bats with the closest known relative of the COVID-19 virus. The area is of intense scientific interest because it might hold clues to the origins of the coronavirus that has...

By Regina Park Dec 30, 2020 The mountain valleys of southern China may hold answers into the origins of the coronavirus that has claimed the lives of 1.7 million people worldwide. Researchers, however, are having difficulty accessing the cave due to restrictions imposed by Chinese officials.  An investigation by The Associated Press reports that while the Chinese government is giving hundreds of thousands of grants to scientists to research the origins of the coronavirus, they are monitoring data and requiring publications go through an approval process. Leaked documents indicate the measu...

Covid 19 coronavirus: China clamps down in secret hunt for virus origins 31 Dec, 2020 01:08 AM 17 minutes to read Visitors explore the abandoned Wanling cave near Manhaguo village in southern China's Yunnan province on December 2. Photo / AP Visitors explore the abandoned Wanling cave near Manhaguo village in southern China's Yunnan province on December 2. Photo / AP AP By: Dake Kang, Maria Cheng and Sam McNeil Deep in the lush mountain valleys of southern China lies the entrance to a mine shaft that once harboured bats with the closest known relative of the Covid-19 virus. The area is of int...