Moscow
Covid could have existed in a dormant state long before its outbreak, Melita Vujnovic, the representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to Russia, has said.
WHO has established a large team that will work together with Chinese scientists to analyse the origin of the virus,” Xinhua news agency quoted Vujnovic as saying in a recent interview with RIA Novosti news agency.
“This virus lived in animals and at some point passed to humans. It’s hard to say when and where this happened. It’s being investigated.
“Viruses can be found in waste water. But nothing can be said specifically,” she said. The official further said that scientists were studying these samples and if there was any “revolutionary result”, the WHO will announce it. — IANS
