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Analysis is based on 800 genetic swabs taken from the Wuhan wet market days after Covid-19 was first detected and before a pandemic was officially declared.
It shows that the two earliest known strains of Sars-Cov-2 were present in the market and that wild animals known to catch and spread the virus, including racoon dogs and civets, were present.
The researchers were unable to show the animals were themselves infected and caused the outbreak, but it is a strong signal, they argue.
Experts not involved in the paper said the data was “as good as it gets’, given how much time has passed since Covid-19 first emerged.
Despite “providing very strong evidence” there remain limitations, noted Prof James Wood , an infectious diseases epidemiologist at the University of Cambridge .
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