New research points to raccoon dogs in Wuhan market as pandemic trigger. It's controversial

A vehicle belonging to the Wuhan Hygiene Emergency Response Team drives past the shuttered Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market on Jan. 11, 2020 — the day that the Wuhan health commission reported what is believed to be the first death from SARS-CoV-2. A new study points to raccoon dogs sold in the market as the likely source of the spillover of the virus from animals to humans.

With genetic samples from the infamous Wuhan market, a new study makes the case that raccoon dogs are likely the animal that infected humans. Proponents of the lab leak theory are dubious.

(Image credit: Noel Celis)



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