The Al-Arabiya satellite channel reported, in a breaking news, that China announced the death toll from the Corona virus to 717 people.
Independent researchers questioned, Friday, in a study that indicated that the outbreak of the Corona virus in China may have passed from bats to humans through the illegal trade in anteater.
“This discovery will be of great importance to the prevention and control of the origin of (the virus),” said the South China Agricultural University, which led the research, and said in a statement on its website.“.
According to the Xinhua news agency, the genome sequences in the new Coruna virus strain that were extracted from the anteater in the study were 99 percent identical to the strain detected in humans. She added that the research concluded that the anteater is the likely mediating host of the virus, but James Wood, director of the Veterinary Department at Cambridge University, said the research is not robust..
“Evidence for the possible involvement of the eating of ants in the outbreak has not been released, except for what was reported in a press release from a university. This is not scientific evidence.”“.
“Reporting monitoring of a viral DNA with a genetic sequence similar to more than 99 percent is not sufficient. Is it not possible that these results are due to contamination from a highly contagious environment?“
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