coronavirus to spiral into a global pandemic but almost didn’t happen, a new study claims.The killer virus caught "a lucky break or two”, according to scientists at the University of Arizona, who say China's cramped conditions helped it spread at rapid speed, The Sun reports.Michael Worobey, professor of evolutionary biology, explained that Wuhan’s wet market was unlikely to be the birthplace of Covid-19 but was instead where infections soared.
Mr Worobey told CNN: “It was a perfect storm – we know now that it had to catch a lucky break or two to actually firmly become established.