China Pushes Alternative Theories About Origin of Covid-19

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China is aggressively advancing alternative theories about the source of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, muddying the waters as the World Health Organization prepares to launch a long-awaited investigation into the origins of the pandemic.

Government officials have also pushed the theory that the virus could have hitched a ride into the central Chinese city of Wuhan on frozen-food imports. After outbreaks in multiple Chinese cities in recent months including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and elsewhere, authorities pointed to frozen-food packaging as the potential origin.

The topic “coronavirus had already emerged in the U.S. in mid-December” has attracted more than 200 million views on China’s Twitter-like Weibo social media platform. While promoting the story, CCTV didn’t mention that the earliest known Covid-19 case in Wuhan appeared even earlier, on Dec. 1.