WUHAN MARKET NOT OUTBREAK SOURCE: OFFICIALS

It has long been the focus of coronavirus speculation, but now Chinese health authorities have said that the wet market in Wuhan, central China, was not the source of the first COVID-19 outbreak.

Animals from the market were tested by officials at the Chinese Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the Daily Mail reports, and found not to contain the novel coronavirus. Rather than the outbreak’s ground zero, officials say the Wuhan market was likely the source of a “superspreader” event during the virus’ early stages.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Gao Fu, director of China’s CDC, has told state media: “It now turns out that the (Wuhan) market is one of the victims.”