Chinese scientists said that it is very unlikely the novel coronavirus was man-made and finding patient zero is a formidable task that requires global collaboration to succeed. AsiaNewsNetwork
Some experts have proposed using antibody tests to find the first case. But current tests can only tell whether a person has been infected in the past, not when the infection occurred, he said.
When asked about the origin of the novel coronavirus, Liu said the scientific community has reached a consensus, which is, the possibility of the virus being man-made is “very low”. Wang Guiqiang, head of Peking University First Hospital’s department of infectious diseases, said the probability of seeing a significant drop in COVID-19 cases in the Northern Hemisphere’s summer is low.“COVID-19 is very different from SARS and MERS for it has a longer incubation period and high ratio of asymptomatic patients, Wang said.
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