Originating from Wuhan, China in December, the epidemic has since infected more than 3.2 million people worldwide and caused at least 230,000 deaths.
“Regarding the origin of the virus in Wuhan, we have listened to many scientists who have studied this virus, and we are assured that this virus is of natural origin,” said the World Health Organization’s director of emergency programs, Michael Ryan.
The pandemic caused by the new coronavirus has killed more than 140,000 people in Europe, three-quarters of them in Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, and France, according to an official tally compiled on Friday.
With a total of 140,096 deaths (for 1,495,293 cases), Europe is the continent hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has killed 234,987 people worldwide.
