SCMP today - China not the origin of the disease, top scientist says https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3110731/coronavirus-china-not-origin-disease-top-scientist-says?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mailchimp&utm_campaign=enlz-scmp_china&utm_content=20201120&tpcc=enlz-scmp_china&MCUID=4672f7018e&MCCampaignID=80b888fb1c&MCAccountID=3775521f5f542047246d9c827&tc=8

“Wuhan was where the coronavirus was first detected but it was not where it originated,” Zeng Guang, former chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), told an online academic conference on Thursday.

Zeng is the second senior Chinese epidemiologist who has weighed in on the controversial topic in recent weeks.

Wu Zunyou, the CDC’s present chief epidemiologist, made a similar suggestion last week, saying the pathogen could have come into the country in imports of frozen seafood or meat products.