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Chinese scientists publish data on COVID-19 origins after three years

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Three years after repeated calls from the World Health Organization (WHO) and researchers across the world, scientists from China have published the data collected in 2020 during the beginning of the pandemic, which sheds light on the origin of COVID-19. The analysis shows swabs that tested positive contained genetic material from wild animals, indicating that the disease was initially transmitted from animals to humans.