Covid virus could have been circulating elsewhere before Wuhan discovery - Chinese expert

Reuters

09 February, 2021, 04:15 pm

Last modified: 09 February, 2021, 05:16 pm

Covid virus could have been circulating elsewhere before Wuhan discovery - Chinese expert

Liang Wannian, an expert with China's Health Commission, also told a press briefing at the end of a nearly one-month visit to Wuhan by a World Health Organization-led team that there had been no substantial spread of the virus in the city before the late 2019 outbreak

Reuters

09 February, 2021, 04:15 pm

Last modified: 09 February, 2021, 05:16 pm

Computer image of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to Covid-19

Photo: REUTERS

The virus that causes Covid-19 could have been circulating in other regions before it was identified in the central Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of 2019, a top expert at China's health authority said on Tuesday.

Liang Wannian, an expert with China's Health Commission, also told a press briefing at the end of a nearly one-month visit to Wuhan by a World Health Organization-led team that there had been no substantial spread of the virus in the city before the late 2019 outbreak.

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