Chinese researchers now claim coronavirus originated in India in summer 2019


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Battling global adversity over COVID-19, Chinese scientists are now arguing that the novel coronavirus originated in India in the summer of 2019. A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences claimed that the deadly virus emerged by transferring from animals to humans via contaminated water before travelling unnoticed to Wuhan, where it was first detected, reported Daily mail. It is not the first time that Chinese authorities have pointed the finger of blame elsewhere. Earlier, it blamed Italy and the United States, largely without evidence, for the novel coronavirus outbreak. The researchers used phylogenetic analysis to trace the...