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Where did coronavirus come from? And other covid-19 questions answered

By Michael Le Page, Jessica Hamzelou, Donna Lu, Graham Lawton and Adam Vaughan

14 October 2020

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We have now been living with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes covid-19, for the best part of a year. In that time, our knowledge has expanded dramatically, but there is still so much we don’t know – and even when we think we know things, the science can change fast.

On 24 September, we held a live Q & A event online for subscribers about the pandemic and were inundated with questions. Here, our reporters tackle some of the most common.

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