A four-page declassified report by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence has muddied the waters, with the identity of patient zero still a mystery.
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In November 2019, when a scientist at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Ben Hu, was examining if two new coronaviruses could infect humans, he became ill with symptoms similar to COVID-19, according to American intelligence officials.
A shot on Chinese television of Ben Hu, who researched coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/why-covid-19-s-origins-just-got-murkier-20230622-p5dikn
