Long-term data on ground-zero Covid patients show: About half of the COVID-19 patients from the Wuhan outbreak are still suffering from health problems. Some symptoms even become more severe after six months.
By Frank Sieren
A new science group of the World Health Organization wants to uncover the origin of the Covid pandemic. German virologist Christian Drosten may be among them. The lab theory is not officially the focus of interest – it is more about genetics and intermediate hosts. Nevertheless, those responsible are hoping to gain new insights. Is China opening up to sample collection?
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Data analysis by an Australian company shows that the demand for PCR tests in the province of Hubei and its capital Wuhan had already skyrocketed months before the Covid pandemic. The authors of the study see this as evidence that China's government has long covered up previous infections. A closer look, however, raises serious doubts.
By Marcel Grzanna
China Wuhan News: COVID-19 first broke out in Wuhan. There are many theories surrounding the origin of COVID. China.Table provides you with all current news.
In early 2020, the Chinese government notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of the emergence of a new variant of the coronavirus in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in central China. Within a few months, the virus spread at an unprecedented rate, giving the city global notoriety. Since the outbreak of the COVID pandemic, the city has been considered the place of origin of the coronavirus. The Chinese government initially blocked an independent WHO investigation and imposed a strict lockdown on Wuhan. Due to the lack of transparency, numerous theories on the possible origins of COVID have since developed.
COVID was first detected in the city of Wuhan. Experts assume that the coronavirus was transmitted from a bat to humans via an intermediate host. They consider a wild animal market in Wuhan as the place of origin of COVID.
However, Western countries, particularly the U.S., have criticized the lack of transparency in the investigations into the origin of the coronavirus. U.S. intelligence agencies have raised concerns, accusing China of suggesting that COVID originated in a laboratory in Wuhan and got accidentally leaked into the outside world. The "lab leak” theory is contradicted by the Chinese government, which in turn countered the accusations with its allegations. According to them, the coronavirus had been discovered on frozen foodstuffs imported from abroad. Virologists investigating the origin of the virus, however, consider the theories of the U.S. and Chinese governments to be unlikely and assume that COVID was transmitted by wild animals.
Wuhan was under a strict lockdown for several weeks in 2020. Despite lower numbers of COVID cases, China is maintaining a strict "zero covid" policy. As a result, since the emergence of COVID, residents and other Chinese cities, such as Shanghai, have repeatedly been put into lockdowns and ordered to mass testing. Investigations into the origin of COVID-19 are also still ongoing.
