Study: Market in China’s Wuhan Likely Origin of COVID-19 Outbreak, But Could Have Leaked From a Lab

The first known case of COVID-19 was a market vendor in the Chinese city of Wuhan, according to a new U.S. study published in the journal Science Not an accountant who appeared to have no link to the market but whose case contributed to confirm the virus could have leaked from a lab, according to a U.S. study. The origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 remains a mystery and a major source of tension between China and the United States. A joint study by China and the World Health Organization (WHO) this year all but ruled out the…