Top scientists are calling for more research into the origin of the coronavirus

From its beginning, at the end of 2019 in China, the pandemic of the young coronavirus has cost the lives of 3.34 million people worldwide.

Despite his recent scale research World Health Organization Regarding the exact origin of the virus – the scenarios for leakage from the laboratory are still heard – no clear answer has been given.

This is emphasized by a group of leading scientists in a letter, stressing that the origin of the new coronavirus is still unclear and there is still not enough evidence to say without a doubt whether it occurred naturally or due to a leak from a laboratory.

“More research is still needed to determine the origin of the pandemic” said the 18 scientists, including Ravindra Gupta, a clinical microbiologist at the University of Cambridge, and Jesse Bloom, who is studying the evolution of viruses at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

“Theories about the accidental release of the virus from a laboratory or about a virus transmitted to humans from animals remain both viable,” the scientists said in a letter to the journal Science, according to AMPE.

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