A strain of the coronavirus imported from Europe is most likely to blame for the outbreak in Beijing, WHO believes

Would not be surprising, since I'm sure we have many more visitors from Europe than from China.

https://news.yahoo.com/strain-coronavirus-imported-europe-most-154340305.html


Sophia Ankel
,Business Insider•June 20, 2020


World Health Organization (WHO) officials have said the coronavirus sequence in the latest Beijing outbreak is most likely related to the European strain.

Speaking at a press conference on Friday, WHO's executive director of the Health Emergencies Program, Dr. Michael Ryan, said the outbreak in Beijing appears to be a human-to-human transmission and not another cross-species infection.

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CDC official Zhang Yong said that while the virus strain is from Europe, it seems to be an older version of what is currently spreading across the continent.

Zhang said of the data: "According to preliminary genomic and epidemiological study results, the virus is from Europe, but is different from the virus currently spreading in Europe. It's older than the virus currently spreading in Europe."

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