WHO chief says push to discount lab leak theory was ‘premature’

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO chief, has said he is asking China to be more transparent as scientists search for the origins of the coronavirus and acknowledged it was premature to rule out that the pandemic may have been linked to a laboratory leak Photograph: Laurent Gilliéron/AP

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO chief, has said he is asking China to be more transparent as scientists search for the origins of the coronavirus and acknowledged it was premature to rule out that the pandemic may have been linked to a laboratory leak Photograph: Laurent Gilliéron/AP

source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/16/who-chief-says-push-to-discount-lab-leak-theory-was-premature