Search for Source of Coronavirus Stymied by Chinese Regime’s Lack of Openness, Experts Say

Security guards wear protective masks as they stand on a nearly empty commercial street in Beijing on Feb. 25, 2020. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

Nearly two months after news of the novel coronavirus first emerged in China, there is still much that scientists don’t know about the source of the outbreak.

The race to find the virus’s provenance, however, has been made more difficult by the Chinese regime’s lack of transparency, according to experts.