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| Coronavirus death toll tops 900 as China's envoy to US dismisses ‘absolutely crazy’ bioweapon rumors | |
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| As the death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak soared to over 900 people worldwide, the Chinese ambassador to the US has cautioned against fueling panic and spreading dangerous rumors about the virus’ still unknown origins. | As the death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak soared to over 900 people worldwide, the Chinese ambassador to the US has cautioned against fueling panic and spreading dangerous rumors about the virus’ still unknown origins. |
| With China’s Hubei province, the epicenter of the lethal viral outbreak, reporting 91 deaths and some 2,618 additional cases of infection throughout Sunday – the global toll now stands at over 40,000 cases with at least 904 fatalities. | With China’s Hubei province, the epicenter of the lethal viral outbreak, reporting 91 deaths and some 2,618 additional cases of infection throughout Sunday – the global toll now stands at over 40,000 cases with at least 904 fatalities. |
| Asked about the situation and speculations surrounding the 2019-nCoV origins and spread earlier in the day, the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Cui Tiankai, told CBS it would be “absolutely crazy” to believe unsubstantiated rumors online while the entire global scientific community working day and night on the issue is yet to come a conclusion. | Asked about the situation and speculations surrounding the 2019-nCoV origins and spread earlier in the day, the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Cui Tiankai, told CBS it would be “absolutely crazy” to believe unsubstantiated rumors online while the entire global scientific community working day and night on the issue is yet to come a conclusion. |
| Until a thorough research is conducted there are and always will be “all kinds of speculation and rumors” about the virus potentially being a lab-created bioweapon, the diplomat noted. | Until a thorough research is conducted there are and always will be “all kinds of speculation and rumors” about the virus potentially being a lab-created bioweapon, the diplomat noted. |
| The outbreak is believed to have originated in a market in Wuhan, China which sold wild animals. According to a UK medical journal, The Lancet, the disease is very similar to two coronaviruses found in bats. | The outbreak is believed to have originated in a market in Wuhan, China which sold wild animals. According to a UK medical journal, The Lancet, the disease is very similar to two coronaviruses found in bats. |
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| Meanwhile a recent Chinese research pointed finger at Pangolins as a potential source. Researchers tested samples from more than 1,000 wild animals and found that the genetic code of coronavirus strain samples taken from pangolins was 99 percent identical to samples taken from infected humans. | Meanwhile a recent Chinese research pointed finger at Pangolins as a potential source. Researchers tested samples from more than 1,000 wild animals and found that the genetic code of coronavirus strain samples taken from pangolins was 99 percent identical to samples taken from infected humans. |
| However, most studies on the virus that was first discovered last December so far have been far from conclusive as they are yet to be scrutinized and peer-reviewed in any meaningful way. | However, most studies on the virus that was first discovered last December so far have been far from conclusive as they are yet to be scrutinized and peer-reviewed in any meaningful way. |
| One such recently rushed out pre-print study was widely misinterpreted and fueled rumors that the virus might’ve been genetically engineered to put pieces of HIV in it. The authors have rushed to withdraw their research, saying it was never their intention to “feed into the conspiracy theories and no such claims are made here.” | One such recently rushed out pre-print study was widely misinterpreted and fueled rumors that the virus might’ve been genetically engineered to put pieces of HIV in it. The authors have rushed to withdraw their research, saying it was never their intention to “feed into the conspiracy theories and no such claims are made here.” |
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