Since the outbreak of the virus epidemic, the seafood market in South China has been at the forefront. Many cases are related to the seafood market in South China, because the market deals in all kinds of game.
In the subsequent market adoption tests, it was found that viral nucleic acids were detected in many samples. Therefore, almost everyone confirmed that the South China seafood market should be the birthplace of the virus.
However, recent joint research published by South China Agricultural University and Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences shows that the origin of this virus is not the seafood market in South China.
This study is based on the genetic haplotype of the virus. According to the results, the genetic types of virus samples in Wuhan South China Seafood Market are all haplotypes from the previous generation, so it is inferred that South China Seafood Market is not the origin of the virus.
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With the initial effective control of domestic epidemic and the gradual acceleration of the spread of foreign epidemic, more and more friends have questioned this issue.
At the press conference held by the Guangdong Provincial Government on February 27th, Academician Zhong Nanshan explained this. Academician Zhong Nanshan said: Our first consideration is China, not foreign countries. Now there are some situations abroad. The epidemic first appeared in China, but it did not necessarily originate in China.
Of course, this statement is not just an expression. In fact, many studies have not found that the virus originated in China, and the epidemic first occurred in China.
It has attracted the attention of China and strengthened the prevention and control measures, but whether the source of the virus must be in China really needs further study to determine.