- Study suggests the Wuhan coronavirus had a relatively recent jump to humans (9 chinese cases studied had 99.98% same genetic sequence - so not much divergence), and the likely source is a bat (coronavirus variants there shares 88% of genetic sequence) compared to 79% with SARS and 50% with MERS https://www.livescience.com/new-coronavirus-origin-bats.html 29 comments worldnews
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