Representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) have discovered new evidence during an investigation into the causes of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan. Bloomberg reports this with reference to the American zoologist Peter Dashak, who participates in the work of the WHO mission.
Dashak noted that the evidence relates to the role of the seafood market in the outbreak of the pandemic. He said that the scientists visited the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Baizhou Market and Huanan Seafood Market.
The zoologist stressed that the seafood market in Wuhan was untouched during the pandemic. “People left in a hurry, they left the equipment, they left the dishes, they left evidence of what was happening, and this is what we were looking at,” Dashak said, adding that this made the work of WHO much easier for the WHO specialists.
He said that earlier Chinese scientists managed to find the places where the first samples with coronavirus were taken. During the investigation, it was established that the first seriously ill patients were asymptomatic infected, as well as those whose disease was mild.