Carsten Watzl, Secretary General of the German Society for Immunology, told dpa that it was not only conceivable but also probable, citing similar findings that have been published in other cases.
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The WHO team is set to present its findings at a news conference that begins at 08.00 GMT at the Hilton Optics Valley Hotel in Wuhan.
“There is no evidence that the virus originated there, but hypothetically, there are all conditions for the spread of the virus there,“ Vladimir Dedkov, a member of the World Health Organisation’s expert team, was quoted as saying by Sputnik.
WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus stated this while giving a toast at the last COVID-19 press conference of the year at WHO headquarters in Geneva.
The virus is believed to have emerged in a wholesale market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late 2019, since then closed, after jumping the species barrier from the animal kingdom to infect humans
Speaking with reporters from the White House, Trump was asked if he has seen any information that gives him a “high degree of confidence” the virus originated in the Wuhan lab
Yuan Zhiming, the head of the Institute of Virology in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has rejected allegations by the US that the novel coronavirus could have originated in his laboratory.
China on Monday reported a drop in new coronavirus infections for a fourth day as drastic curbs on international travellers reined in the number of imported cases.
More than half a million people around the world have been infected with the new Coronavirus Disease, the World Health Organisation said on Friday.
Chinese President, Xi Jinping, arrived in Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, for an inspection of epidemic control and prevention work on Tuesday, state news agency Xinhua reported.
On Monday afternoon, a notice on the provincial government website announced that non-residents in quarantined Wuhan would be permitted to leave for the first time since the city was closed off in January
Japan’s Health Ministry said on Monday that 99 more people on a quarantined cruise ship in the port of Yokohama have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases on the vessel to 454.
The Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation, East China Chapter and the Association of Nigerians in Wuhan have called on the Federal Government to immediately evacuate them from Wuhan, China following the outbreak of Coronavirus.
The Philippines on Sunday reported the first death from coronavirus outside of China as the number of fatalities domestically topped 300.
The UAE’s official news agency WAM cited the health ministry as saying that the health condition of those infected is stable and they are under medical observation.
Beijing has also upped the number of medical workers it is sending to Hubei province, the site of the initial outbreak, to nearly 6,000, according to health official cited by the Xinhua state news agency
Cambodia’s Health Ministry on Monday confirmed the country’s first case of the new coronavirus.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will “inspect and direct” efforts to control a virus outbreak in the central city of Wuhan and promised reinforcements as provincial authorities faced accusations from the public of a failure to respond in time.
The health authorities around the world are scrambling to prevent a global pandemic.
The passenger of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link arrived in Hong Kong with signs of fever on Tuesday and was subsequently sent to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for checkups.