
COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an …
Covid origin: Why the Wuhan lab-leak theory is so disputed - BBC
Mar 1, 2023 · More than three years after Covid-19 was detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the question of how the virus first emerged remains a mystery.
Wuhan virus - Wikipedia
Wuhan virus (named for Wuhan, China) may refer to: Wuhan virus, an informal name for the SARS‑CoV‑2 virus Wuhanvirus, a genus of bacterial viruses in the family Autographiviridae …
5 years after it appeared, things we know and still don’t know …
Jan 2, 2025 · Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The germ didn’t have a name, nor did the illness it would cause.
Military games in Wuhan linked to early COVID cases, raising
2 days ago · A newly surfaced Pentagon report reveals that seven U.S. service members showed COVID-like symptoms after attending the 2019 World Military Games in China.
German spy agency 'believed Covid likely started in lab' - BBC
Mar 13, 2025 · Germany's foreign intelligence service believed there was a 80-90% chance that coronavirus accidentally leaked from a Chinese lab, German media say. Two German …
Opinion | We Were Badly Misled About Covid - The New York Times
Mar 16, 2025 · Many public health officials and prominent scientists dismissed the idea as a conspiracy theory, insisting that the virus had emerged from animals in a seafood market in …
COVID pandemic likely unleashed by lab mishap: Germany's BND
Mar 12, 2025 · Germany's spy agency thinks an accident in a Chinese lab likely led to the COVID-19 pandemic, media say. Evidence it collected allegedly indicates negligence at the Wuhan …
COVID-like bat virus discovered by researchers in Wuhan lab: study
Feb 22, 2025 · Researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the Chinese lab accused of leaking COVID-19, discovered a new coronavirus in bats that closely matches the one that led …
What is HKU5-CoV-2, new Covid-like bat virus that could
Feb 24, 2025 · According to a new study by Chinese researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the virus can enter human cells using the same gateway as the highly contagious …