The Chinese authorities claim the wet market in Wuhan said to be at the centre of the coronavirus pandemic is actually a 'victim' of the virus.
The state-backed Chinese Centre of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said genetic evidence now proves the killer bug originated from bats before it was transmitted to humans.
Chinese CDC had previously said the first cases of the virus emerged at the market at The Huanan Seafood Market where rats, snakes are openly and illegally on sale.
But the exact location of where Covid-19 started remains a mystery as the Chinese CDC said samples of animals in the market tested negative for the virus.
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