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Q: Where did the coronavirus come from?

Researchers have [found](https://www.cdc.gov/onehealth/basics/zoonotic-diseases.html) that three quarters of new diseases come from animals. This is because every time a virus replicates, its genes can mutate and make it possible to spread from animals to people. Experts believe the novel coronavirus likely came from [bats](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2012-7#author\-information) or [pang](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.07.939207v1.article-info)[olins](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.08.939660v2). Drafted: 16 March 2020

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Where did the coronavirus come from?

Researchers have found that three quarters of new diseases come from animals. This is because every time a virus replicates, its genes can mutate and make it possible to spread from animals to people. Experts believe the novel coronavirus likely came from bats or pang olins.

Drafted: 16 March 2020

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