A new study has found coronavirus' close relative, a virus dubbed RmYN02, contains similar genetic markers that developed naturally and preclude a laboratory origin. Since the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 first appeared in China's Wuhan city last November, more than 4.1 million people globally have contracted the virus. The pathogen's sudden appearance has prompted many wild conspiracies about its origin, with some people citing the Bible and 16th centuryNostradamus prophecies.