{"id":5509,"date":"2020-08-28T10:57:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T10:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/comic_strip\/origin-and-spread-of-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T07:02:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T07:02:03","slug":"origin-and-spread-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"comic_strip","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/origin-and-spread-of-covid-19","title":{"rendered":"Origin and spread of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">SARS CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, was first recorded in December 2019 and has been extensively studied since by researchers worldwide. Much of the virus\u2019 biology is widely understood, but its exact origin has remained an open question. 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