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Coronavirus News Chinese scientist Shi Zhengli found the closest known match to the virus COVID-19 in samples of bat faeces taken during research into bat droppings in 2012. However, the “new strain†of a Sars-type coronavirus received only a passing mention in an academic paper. According to research by a Sunday Times team the droppings were collected and sent back to a top secret lab in Wuhan. The revelation has sparked claims that the new coronavirus must have escaped from the lab – which is just minutes away from the wet market the Chinese authorities have pinpointed as the epicentre...
