China has shipped samples of South Asian virus-infected bats to Wuhan as bomb evidence could help solve origin of Covid

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CHINA has shipped virus-infected bat samples from South Asia to Wuhan as new bombshell evidence could help solve the search for the origins of Covid. In September, researchers discovered a virus in Laos with a surprising similarity to Covid - but how a virus transmitted by bats from the South Asian country could have ended up triggering an outbreak in Wuhan remained a mystery. The viral strain - named Banal-52 - shares 96.8% of its genome with Covid, making it more similar than any other virus. And now, leaked emails between EcoHealth Alliance and US government funding agencies have revealed…