Can we clear this up: where exactly did the Covid-19 virus originate and why has it been renamed so many times. Does anyone know?

Answer 1

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Wuhan lab in China, made DELIBERATELY  as a bio-weapon to create havoc in the world and set us all back in everyway so that China could get ahead and usher in their planned takeover.

Answer 2

The original virus, before mutations, began in Wuhan China. That's why we call it the Chinese virus. Now there are several vatiants with designations like UK, South African, Brazilian etc.

Answer 3

Viruses must have originated at wherever it was first identified by virologists, because the virus does not travel across the globe. So the place of identification is the place of origin. 

Answer 4

COVID-19 is a virus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and appears to have originated in bats and was spread to humans by zoonotic transfer.  Its exact evolutionary history, the identity and provenance of its most recent ancestors, and the place, time, and mechanism of transmission of the first human infection, remain unknown.

Source(s): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigations_into_...

Answer 5

It originated in China. From their Wuhan virus lab.

The virus has name variations because it morphs as it is spreads in different areas.

Answer 6

It originated in China, call it whatever you want.

Answer 7

"Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a new coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019."

What's there to clear up?