According to the experts' research, a diseased animal that was being traded through the illegal wildlife trade may have started the virus.
According to the experts' research, a diseased animal that was being traded through the illegal wildlife trade may have started the virus.
Even though the market animals had been removed, the researchers still gathered swabs from the walls, floors, metal cages, and carts. The samples tested positively for coronavirus after being tested.
The genetic material belonged to animals, with substantial amounts that matched the raccoon dog, according to three scientists who worked on the analysis, according to the Atlantic.
The story claims that the market's genetic samples were initially added to a global database but later removed after the scientists questioned China about them.
Genetic evidence from the virus and the animal, however, does not demonstrate that a raccoon dog was infected. It is unclear if a raccoon dog exposed people to the virus even if the virus was present in the animal. According to the report, the virus may have spread from one animal to humans or may have affected someone who then infected a raccoon dog.
The World Health Organization (WHO) had also urged all nations to collect information about the COVID-19 virus's ancestry and provide it to the international health organization. The global health organization also stated that the information regarding the COVID-19 virus's genesis is not intended to place blame but rather to improve our knowledge of how this pandemic began.