19 March 2020 1 Min Read
No, coronavirus is not biological warfare, say genome boffins
Covid-19 may have evolved into its current pathogenic state in a bat before being passed into humans through an intermediary, immunologists speculate after examining the virus's genome.
Image: Geza Farkas/123RF
Image: Geza Farkas/123RF
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Evolution, not engineering, is to blame for Covid-19.
An analysis of the virus genome found no evidence that it was made in a lab, say scientists.
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