GENEVA (Sputnik) – The virus very similar to SARS-CoV-2 might have existed since 2013, Didier Pittet, lead infectious diseases expert at Geneva University Hospitals and inventor of hand sanitiser, told Sputnik in an interview.
This does not mean the virus was created artificially, the expert went on, but it may mean that the virus pretty much similar to SARS-CoV-2 was found in 2013 and this fact was concealed.
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (red) infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (yellow), also known as novel coronavirus, isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland
Pittet added that there is evidence that people in Europe and Asia contracted COVID-19 before this virus became globally known.
The situation has to be scrutinised in detail to find out how long it takes a virus to turn into a pandemic, in order to respond quickly next time when a similar issue arises, according to Pittet.
The World Health Organisation declared the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Over 4 million people worldwide have died from the disease, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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