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 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.

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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