Genetic data links SARS-CoV-2 to raccoon dogs in China market, scientists say
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Photo caption: A raccoon dog at the Chapultpec Zoo in Mexico City on August 6, 2015. Photo credit: Getty | Alfredo Estrella. Article by Beth Mole. Ars Technica – March 17, 2023.
Newly obtained genetic data from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) links the pandemic coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 to animals—specifically raccoon dogs—at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, where the earliest COVID-19 cases centered, a group of independent scientists told the World Health Organization this week. […]
