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WHO report points to animal source of virus
The coronavirus was likely transmitted initially from bats to humans through another animal and not from an accident in a Chinese lab, scientists reported.
Award-winning U.N.-accredited journalist with 30+ years on four continents, half that time for The AP in Washington, New York and Geneva.
The coronavirus was likely transmitted initially from bats to humans through another animal and not from an accident in a Chinese lab, scientists reported.
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