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WHO report into COVID pandemic origins zeroes in on animal markets, not labs

Scientists say the conclusions make sense but note that supporters of the lab-leak theory are unlikely to be satisfied.
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Markets that sold animals — some dead, some alive — in December 2019 have emerged as a probable source of the coronavirus pandemic in a major investigation organized by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Nature 592, 173-174 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00865-8

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