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WHO boss Tedros says all hypotheses still open for probe into coronavirus origins
All hypotheses are still open in the search for the origins of COVID-19, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has told a briefing.
Key points:
- Dr Tedros says the mission dismissed the idea the virus escaped from a lab
- He believes the WHO is closer to understanding the origins of COVID-19
- The mission says there are several possible ways the virus was passed to humans from animals
His comments come after a WHO-led mission in China said week that it was not looking further into the question of whether the virus escaped from a lab, which it considered highly unlikely.
The United States has said it will review the mission’s findings.
Dr Tedros said the global health body was keeping an open mind as it…
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