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Chinese researchers have claimed that [/news/coronavirus/index.html coronavirus] originated in [/news/india/index.html India], in the latest attempt by academics to pin blame for the pandemic outside their borders.
A team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences argues the virus likely originated in India in summer 2019 - jumping from animals to humans via contaminated water - before travelling unnoticed to Wuhan, kynghidongduong.vn where it was first detected.
But David Robertson, and expert from Glasgow University, called the paper 'very flawed' and concluded 'it adds nothing to our understanding of coronavirus'.
It is not the first time that Chinese authorities have pointed the finger of blame elsewhere - suggesting, largely without evidence, that both [/news/italy/index.html Italy] and the US could be the site of the original infection.
And it comes against a backdrop of increased political tensions between India and [/news/china/index.html China], with troops attacking each-other along a disputed border.
Chinese scientists examining the genetic code of coronavirus claim to have food evidence that suggests the virus did not originate in their country (file image, a Covid patient in Wuhan)
Pictured: A map showing the nine countries China has blamed for the outbreak of Covid-19
The WHO is currently looking for Tour du thuyền Hạ Long giá rẻ the source of coronavirus in China, while the body of scientific evidence suggests the disease originated there.
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