Genetic analysis traces origins of coronavirus to bat populations in Laos and southwest China years before pandemic emerged.
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    The team analysed 167 bat coronavirus genomes and traced the origins of the virus that causes Covid-19 to bat populations in northern Laos and southwest China’s Yunnan province, where its most recent ancestor circulated five to seven years before the pandemic emerged.

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