Like hell out of a bat: SARS-CoV-2s origin

Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 10:49 a.m.

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The World Health Organisation unveiled preliminary findings, suggesting the coronavirus probably jumped to humans via an intermediary animal and all but ruling out a laboratory leak. We examine the many remaining questions. Nefarious regimes find it ever easier to reach across borders, subjecting dissidents to repression and surveillance abroad. And why it\\u2019s so hard to buy a car in Algeria. 

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