SARS-CoV-2 spillover events
2021-1-8 · The precise cause of SARS-CoV-2 is as yet indeterminate, though the COVID-19 pandemic is widely regarded as having started in Wuhan, China in late 2019. Spillover infections of the virus are known to have been transmitted between mink and humans, starting in The Netherlands, Denmark, and the USA, among other countries.