June 20, 2020

The WHO confirmed on Friday that the virus sequences from the new outbreak in Beijing is closely related to the European strain, saying the virus was very likely imported to Beijing from strains circulating in Europe.

At a press briefing on Friday, WHO’s emergencies director, Dr. Michael Ryan said the evidence shows that the Beijing outbreak appears to be human-to-human transmission, not another cross-species infection.

Chinese experts said the virus could have been contaminated during packaging or transporting imported frozen food products to the Beijing wholesale market where it was recently detected.

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