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'Extremely unlikely' COVID-19 came from Wuhan lab, says joint mission

09 Feb 2021

It is "extremely unlikely" coronavirus came from a laboratory incident in China, according to a joint mission investigating the origins of the pandemic, Sky News said. It said investigators believe the most likely cause of the initial outbreak was the virus jumping from an "intermediary host species" to humans. It means future investigations will not focus on a laboratory incident as a potential cause of the outbreak. An international team of World Health Organisation (WHO) scientists, working with experts in China, have been researching how the COVID-19 pandemic began. The team has visited key locations in Wuhan, where the first cases were reported, and spoken to patients, first responders and Chinese scientists.


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