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China clamps down in hidden hunt for coronavirus origins

by Dake KangMaria Cheng
| December 29, 2020 10:06 PM

MOJIANG, China (AP) — Deep in the lush valleys of southern China lies the entrance to a mine shaft that once harbored bats with the closest known relative to COVID-19.

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