9 February, 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) team of experts probing the origin of coronavirus dismissed the theory of lab leak.
Peter Ben Embarek, the head of the WHO team, stated that it was ‘extremely unlikely’ that the coronavirus leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China.
The experts believe that the virus is likely to have originated in animals prior to the spread among humans. However, they do not have the proof yet.
(Source-BBC)