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An expert from the World Health Organization has refuted allegations against China about the origin of the corona virus.
It is unlikely that the virus escaped from a Chinese laboratory, said food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek on Tuesday at the end of a visit to the Chinese city of Wuhan.
It is more likely that the coronavirus has passed from animals to humans.
A team of scientists in Wuhan has determined the possible origins of the virus.
The first cases with the coronavirus were detected in Wuhan in December 2019.
Because the Wuhan Institute of Virology was collecting virus samples, there have been allegations that the facility may have caused the original coronavirus outbreak.
China has denied that.
The People's Republic, in turn, suggests that the virus may have entered China from elsewhere.
"Our initial findings suggest that introduction by an intermediate host species is the most likely pathway and one that will need further study and more specific, targeted research," said Embarek.
It is possible that the coronavirus was transmitted through the trade in frozen products.
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