‘Extremely unlikely’ Covid-19 came from lab leak in Wuhan, says WHO team
The virus could have been introduced to the Huanan wet market in Wuhan by a person who was infected or by a product that was sold there
09 February 2021 - 15:51
A World Health Organisation (WHO) investigation in China found that the coronavirus most likely jumped to humans through an animal host or frozen wildlife products, finding that it’s “extremely unlikely” it came from a laboratory leak.
No further research is needed to look into the theory about a leak, Peter Ben Embarek, a WHO official, told reporters on Tuesday at a joint briefing with China in Wuhan, the city where Covid-19 first mushroomed at the end of 2019. That speculation had been promulgated by former US president Donald Trump and some others...
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