The changes to the book were made after he submitted the manuscript to the Cabinet Office for review last year – a procedure all former ministers are obliged to follow. In response, the Cabinet Office wrote: “This is highly sensitive and would cause problems if released. Mr Hancock originally wrote it was “just too much of a coincidence” that the pandemic started in the same city as the institute. “The only plausible alternative is that the virus was brought to Wuhan to be studied, and then escaped,” he wrote in one passage. The disclosure comes after the head of the FBI said last week the agency had assessed that Covid was “most likely” the result of a lab leak.

Source: The Star March 09, 2023 05:24 UTC