"manipulated virus...

“Researchers concluded that the novel coronavirus is not a human creation because it does not share any ‘previously used virus backbone.’ It likely arose, the study said, from a recombination of a virus found in bats and another virus, possibly originating from pangolins, otherwise known as scaly anteaters.

“COVID-19 is 96% identical to a coronavirus found in bats, researchers said, but with a certain variation that could explain what has made it so infectious.”