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Piecing together pandemic origins

New research asserts market, not laboratory, is the “unambiguous” birthplace of SARS-CoV-2

Two racoon dogs in a cage.
Genetic samples taken from the Huanan Market indicate that areas of the complex that housed animals like racoon dogs were the likely epicentre of the SARS-CoV-2 virus outbreak. Credit: DigiPub/Getty Images.