Wuhan lab leak ‘unlikely’, says WHO report that leaves questions unresolved
Virus probably jumped from bats to humans via an intermediate animal host in Chinese city of Wuhan, a joint WHO-China study says
29 March 2021 - 20:54
Geneva — A joint World Health Organization (WHO)-China study on the origins of Covid-19 says that the virus was probably transmitted from bats to humans through another animal, and that a lab leak was “extremely unlikely” as a cause, a summary said on Monday.
The WHO did not immediately reply to a query seeking comment, but said the full report by the independent experts would be published on Tuesday after member states had been briefed. The report offers the most detailed look yet at what happened in Wuhan...
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