Badgers and rabbits may be virus carriers

World Health Organization (WHO) experts investigating the pandemic’s origins have indicated that ferret badgers and rabbits, which were sold at a Wuhan market in China, could have played a role in spreading the coronavirus to humans, The Wall Street Journal reported. The investigators, however, note the need for further probe into suppliers of those and other animals to the market. They are yet to ascertain a full list of animals sold legally or illegally at the market. The experts have also insisted that China carry out widespread testing of its mink farms after two-way transmission of Sars-cov-2 between humans and minks was confirmed in Europe. The WHO expert team finished their four-week trip to China last week. They earlier said that the theory of an outbreak from a Wuhan lab was unlikely.