A virus 96 per cent identical to the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 was found in an abandoned mine in China seven years ago, according to an investigation. The bat-infested copper mine in Mojiang, western China, was home to a coronavirus that left six adult men sick with pneumonia and three of them dead. The official story has been that the Covid-19 virus jumped from an animal - thought to be a pangolin - to humans at Hunan Seafood Market in Wuhan city. The theory is the latest in a long line suggesting the possible origin of the Covid-19 virus, many of which lead back to wild bats in China. We've said from the beginning that this was a virus that originated in Wuhan, China,' Pompeo said on ABC's This Week.

Source: Daily Mail July 05, 2020 12:15 UTC