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China locks down parts of Wuhan as Covid cases emerge

BEIJING: Wuhan locked down one of its central districts after Covid cases were found, as China persists with a zero-tolerance approach to the virus almost three years since the pathogen first emerged in the city.

The Times of India

Lab 'playing with fire' after creating new hybrid Covid strain 'with 80% kill rate'

Boston University scientists combined Omicron with the original Wuhan Covid strain to make a hybrid which killed 80% of the mice it was tested on, as experts warn such research needs better accountability

Daily Mirror

Breathless by David Quammen review – an expert eye on Covid’s past and future

The veteran science writer brings a naturalist’s eye to the complexities of viruses and the tangle of conspiracy theories in his thoroughly readable guide

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WHO says end of COVID pandemic is in sight!

"We are not there yet. But the end is in sight," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at a virtual press conference on Wednesday. This is the most positive affirmation from the head of the global health agency which had declared the coronavirus led COVID as a global pandemic…

The Times of India

First multi-strain COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in Australia after government backs Moderna shot

Unlike other approved vaccines, which only target the original Wuhan strain, this one also targets the original Omicron BA.1 strain.

ABC News

Fears over mystery pneumonia after death of three people in Argentina

There are concerns the mystery virus mirrors the early stages of Covid-19 which emerged from Wuhan in China

Evening Standard

The COVID lab leak theory is dead. Here's how we know the virus came from a Wuhan market

My colleagues and I published the most detailed studies of the earliest events in the COVID-19 pandemic last month in the journal Science.

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COVID-19 lab-leak theory challenged by Australian professor who has been dubbed 'the virus hunter'

Professor Eddie Holmes can still remember the exact moment he first learned about COVID-19. The story jumped out because he had visited that very market in 2014 and thought, "that's not right".

ABC News

How to avoid lockdown in the next pandemic

Preparing for the next pandemic to avoid early national lockdowns should be a no-brainer. Philip Hill and Chris Bullen look to Taiwan for inspiration.

Newsroom.co.nz

Covid scientists pinpoint 'exact location pandemic started' in bombshell studies

The origins of the virus has always been a contentious issue with various theories.

Daily Record

Most likely epicentre of Covid pandemic finally pinpointed by bombshell studies

There has long been controversy and debate over the epicentre of the Covid pandemic that shook the world but two new scientific papers both pointed to a wet market in Wuhan as the answer

Daily Mirror

Studies suggest Wuhan link to Covid-19, but WHO warns against dismissing other theories

Two new studies confirm that Covid-19 first emerged at an animal market in China's Wuhan. The World Health Organization has welcomed the assessments but insists it is too early to rule out other theories.

Radio France Internationale

Study: Huanan Market In Wuhan Was the 'Epicenter' of COVID-19 Outbreak

"Have we disproven the 'lab leak' theory? No, we have not."

Reason

Moment Covid 'spilled over' into humans sparking pandemic finally found in new research

Researchers have published two studies that traces the start of the coronavirus pandemic to an animal market in Wuhan, China. The Covid virus killed millions and cause mayhem

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Evening Standard

Covid-19 origin studies say evidence points to Wuhan market

New research has shifted views on the source of the Covid-19 virus, including theories that it leaked from a lab

The Independent UK

New studies find more evidence of Covid’s origin from Wuhan’s ‘wet market’

‘Pandemic likely arose from at least two separate infections of humans from animals at the Huanan market,’ scientists say

The Times of India

Wuhan locks down 1 million residents in echo of Covid’s start

BEIJING: A district on the outskirts of Wuhan has been locked down, the first time the Chinese city that saw the world’s first Covid-19 lockdown has imposed such a measure since 2020, underscoring how far the country is from post-pandemic normalcy.

Los Angeles Times

New studies say Wuhan market is the only ‘plausible’ source of COVID-19 pandemic

Not long after the World Health Organization and China released a report last year dismissing the possibility that the SARS-CoV-2 virus originated in a lab leak, scientists from major research institutions around the world noted the paucity of the published data, and advocated for a rigorous scientific investigation into the…

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The Independent UK

New studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild

Two new studies provide more evidence that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China market where live animals were sold

Axios

Wuhan market pinpointed as pandemic's Ground Zero

The case-mapping and genetic studies offer some of the strongest evidence yet that the coronavirus jumped from an animal host to humans.

The New Daily

COVID originated in Wuhan market, Australian-backed study concludes

Scientists have detailed the "most compelling and most detailed" evidence showing COVID-19 originated at a fish market in Wuhan, China.

Wales Online

Cholera bacteria found in Wuhan wet markets

Health officials acted swiftly to disinfect the pathogen believed to be from softshell turtles and are tracking down other batches

Al Jazeera

China’s economy slows sharply, fanning global recession fears

Second quarter expansion of 0.4 percent is the weakest performance since the initial coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan.

Reuters

In China's Wuhan, cholera-causing bacteria in turtles strikes nerve

Detection in the Chinese city of Wuhan of a bacteria that caused cholera in a student and was separately found in samples from softshell turtles at a food market has struck a sensitive nerve with ordinary Chinese people, with some relating it to COVID-19.

Reason

Court Rejects Lawsuit Against China over the COVID Pandemic

From Missouri ex rel. Schmitt v. People's Republic of China, decided Friday by Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. (E.D. Mo.) (fun fact: he's the late Rush Limbaugh's cousin): Amidst the wreckage of the COVID-19 pandemic, plaintiffs across the United States have filed civil suits seeking damages against the People's Republic…

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