Why the pangolin would be a pandemic ‘time bomb’

The World

We don't know exactly where the new coronavirus came from. One theory is that it went from bats to another animal to people. The missing link could be the pangolin — the scaly anteater is popular among smugglers. As The World’s Patrick Winn reports from Bangkok, the dark trade could be a “time bomb” for the next pandemic.

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