Coronavirus has a natural origin.

Byline: Ali Khan - Islamabad

ACCORDING to a new bulletin of the World Health Organization , the coronavirus is believed to be natural in origin. WHO made this assertion while responding to a claim by US President Donald Trump that he had seen evidence that indicated the virus emerged from a virology institute located in Wuhan, China.

Scientists believe the killer virus jumped from animals to humans, emerging in China late last year, possibly from a market in Wuhan selling exotic animals for meat.

The evidence for natural evolution was supported by data on SARS-Cov-2's backbone and its overall molecular structure. If someone were seeking to engineer a new coronavirus as a pathogen, they would...

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