• Question: Where was the Coronavirus originated from?

    Asked by anon-238841 to James, Hannah, Claire, Chris, binuraj, Alice on 17 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Hannah Blyth

      Hannah Blyth answered on 17 Mar 2020: last edited 17 Mar 2020 4:35 pm

      As someone who studies a plant infecting fungus, a human infecting virus is a bit out of my zone so please don’t think I have all the facts! It is suspected that covid19 is an animal coronavirus that has managed to cross over to also infect people. The first cases of Corona came from Wuhan in China. However, the animal source of the latest outbreak has NOT been identified, the scientists studying the virus are not yet sure. So the answer is nobody really knows! The best thing we can do is to focus on following the advice of healthcare professionals to limit the spread of the virus (see the NHS website https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/)

    • Photo: Binuraj Menon

      Binuraj Menon answered on 17 Mar 2020:

      Hi Xray,

      Hannah has already provided you with a very good answer. Nothing more to add on to that.

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