The South China Morning Post, come shortly after another top Chinese scientist argued that the virus was in fact imported in to China through frozen meat - rather than the popular theory that it had 'jumped' from animals to humans due to unsanitary butchery methods at the city's wet market.
Scientists across the world are currently trying to unravel the origins of the devastating flu-like disease.Many experts believe coronavirus did originate in Wuhan.
The Chinese claims come after an Italian study suggest the virus may have been present in Italy as early as September 2019. But the co-author of that study said it did not "dispute" the origins of Covid-19.