The report, officially released Tuesday, concludes that the role of markets is unclear and that the idea it could have leaked from a Wuhan lab does not warrant further investigation. Much of the data was collected by Chinese scientists ahead of the visit and then analyzed by the joint team. ADTedros said Tuesday that mission team members raised concerns to him about access to raw data needed for the report, according to a WHO transcript of his remarks. “The team reports that the first detected case had symptom onset on the 8th of December 2019. Scientists on the trip made a single visit to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a facility known for working with bat coronaviruses.

Source: Washington Post March 30, 2021 16:01 UTC