Scientists from the tropical botanical garden at the Chinese Academy of Sciences came to this conclusion.

“A new type of coronavirus entered the Huanan seafood market from another place, quickly spreading both in the market and beyond,” the contents of the article by RIA Novosti quoted.

According to scientists, the spread of infection began from a certain “zero patient” who visited the Wuhan market, and due to non-compliance with sanitary standards on the trading floor, the infection began to spread actively.

At the same time, experts claim the existence of at least three ways of the spread of the virus, only one of which is associated with the market in Wuhan.

Earlier, Chinese scientists from the National Center for Disease Prevention and Control found that wild animals were a likely source of coronavirus.

It was reported that the number of infections with a new type of coronavirus infection COVID-2019 in China increased to 76,936, 2,442 deaths were recorded.