Sánchez, Cecilia A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1141-6816
Li, Hongying http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5089-1134
Phelps, Kendra L. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3120-4802
Zambrana-Torrelio, Carlos http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5614-7496
Wang, Lin-Fa http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2752-0535
Zhou, Peng
Shi, Zheng-Li http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8089-163X
Olival, Kevin J. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3211-1875
Daszak, Peter http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2046-5695
Funding for this research was provided by:
United States Department of Defense | Defense Threat Reduction Agency (HDTRA1-17-0064, HDTRA1-17-0064, HDTRA1-17-0064)
MOH | National Medical Research Council (MOH-OFIRG19MAY-0011, COVID19RF-003, COVID19RF-003)
Ministry of Education - Singapore (MOE2019-T2-2-130, MOE2019-T2-2-130)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI110964, NIAID-CREID U01AI151797)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Research Foundation Singapore (NRF2012NRF-CRP001-056, NRF2016NRF-NSFC002-013)
National Research Foundation Singapore
Article History
Received: 24 August 2021
Accepted: 15 June 2022
First Online: 9 August 2022
Competing interests
: P.D. served as a member of the WHO-China joint study on COVID-19 origins, is a current member of the Taskforce on the Origins and Early Spread of COVID-19 and One Health Solutions to Future Pandemics, and was Chair of the IPBES Pandemics and Biodiversity Workshop. P.D. has made numerous public statements both independently, and as part of these groups, on the likely origins of COVID-19 and the need to assess risk and prioritize targeted surveillance for future disease emergence. L.F.W. serves on multiple committees for WHO, FAO, and OIE on COVID-19 including assay and vaccine development and animal models; has ongoing research investigating the origin of COVID-19; and has made statements on this issue to the media. P.Z. serves on multiple committees for MOST (China) on COVID-19 including pathogen identification, monitoring viral mutations, and the likely origin of COVID-19. Z.L.S. has made statements to the media about the likely origins of COVID-19. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.