CaixinScientists slam Indian study that fueled coronavirus rumors
Authors pull non-peer-reviewed manuscript hinting pathogen is a bioweapon
Scientists in China and elsewhere have criticized a preprint manucript by Indian researchers that suggested the coronavirus might be an artificially created bioweapon. © AP
DENISE JIA, Caixin
February 14, 2020 15:10 JST
The coronavirus epidemic in China has infected more than 40,000 people and killed more than 1,000. The source of the highly contagious virus remains a mystery as scientists around the world debate whether it originated in bats, snakes, pangolins or humans.