First COVID-19 patient found!

A scientist in the United States has made a new claim for the first COVID-19 patient. It will be about two years since the coronavirus pandemic began. In this two-year period, scientists are both developing new treatments and investigating the source of the virus.

A team commissioned by the World Health Organization conducted a deep research to find the source of the virus. As a result of this research, they announced that the virus came out of a laboratory. They said that the first patient was a male accountant in Wuhan. However, there is a new claim to the contrary.

First COVID-19 patient leaves the livestock market

University of Arizona researcher Michael Worobey said the town of Huanan was the source of the pandemic. Worobey, who has been working on viruses for many years, stated that the first patient was not the person WHO claimed. He published his notable article in the journal Science.

According to the news of CBS News, Worobey also headed to Wuhan for the first COVID-19 patient. However, she suggested that this person was a woman selling seafood at a livestock market. Virologist Michael Worobey’s work reinforces claims that the source of the pandemic is an animal, not a laboratory.

It should be noted that although it has been almost two years since the pandemic began, there is still no evidence of the source of the virus. Discussions about the source of the virus continue among scientists. However, Worobey analyzed cases reported to two hospitals before the pandemic alert. The cases were largely linked to livestock markets or that area.

WHO had shown one unconnected to the market for the first COVID-19 patient. WHO pointed out that this person has been sick since 8 December. But according to Worobey, he wasn’t actually sick until December 16. Worobey bases this claim on hospital records matching the 41-year-old man. Thus, the first case was actually a woman working in the market who fell ill on December 11. Peter Daszak, who is on the WHO research team, also announced that he joined Worobey’s claim.

“In this city of 11 million people, half of the first cases were linked to a place the size of a football field,” Worobey told the New York Times. If the epidemic did not start in the market, it becomes very difficult to explain this pattern. “said.