The Covid-19 virus appeared as a result of evolution in the body
of a Chinese miner who fell ill with SARS in 2012. Samples of
this virus were sent to a laboratory in Wuhan, from where the
leak occurred, said Jonathan Latham, executive director of the
American organization Bioscience Resource Project. Latham
said that the virus can produce "evolutionary leaps" and go
through many mutations, being in the body of one person,
RIA News reports with reference to the Telegraph.
According to Latham, in 2012, six miners who were cleaning
up the remains of bat droppings in a mine in the Chinese
province of Yunnan were diagnosed with a "pneumonia-like"
illness. Three of them died, others stayed in the hospital for up
to six months. A year after the deaths, scientists from Wuhan
found in that place the RaTG13 bat coronavirus, 96% identical
to the virus that causes COVID-19. Samples of the virus that
affected the miners were sent to researchers in Wuhan, where
the COVID-19 outbreak was reported. The further history
you know .
