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According to a team of international public health scientists in a statement published in The Lancet, although there are question marks surrounding the exact source of the disease, it does appear to originate from wild animals. The analysis of SARS-CoV-2 by scientists from Wuhan Institute of Virology showed that the genome of the virus is 96% similar to the coronavirus found in bats. In addition to claiming that a naturally evolved virus escaped from the laboratory by mistake, some conspiracy theories also assume that SARS-CoV-2 is genetically engineered. In fact, researchers from all over the world, including the United States and China, have conducted research involving the creation of experimental engineering hybrid coronaviruses. But there is no evidence that SARS-CoV-2 is genetically modified

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/theory-that-coronavirus-escaped-from-a-lab-lacks-evidence-67229

Analysis of the public genome sequence data of SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses found that there is no evidence that the virus was manufactured in the laboratory or designed in other ways. "By comparing the available genome sequence data of known coronavirus strains, we can firmly determine that SARS-CoV-2 originated from a natural process," said Christian Kristian, associate professor of immunology and microbiology at Scripps Research Center and corresponding author of the paper. Dr. Anderson said.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/696164