The World Health Organisation will start a new investigation into the origins of the Covid outbreak and probe whether the virus came from a Wuhan lab. Separate data suggested Covid infections plummeted last week despite fears that the new school term would fuel an autumn surge sooner. One in 90 people in England had the virus, with around 620,100 infected in total, testing by the Office for National Statistics revealed. The Government said a further 122 people died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid as of today, bringing the UK total to 136,105. As of 9am on Saturday, there had been a further 31,348 lab-confirmed Covid cases in the UK, the Government said.

Source: The Nation September 27, 2021 00:33 UTC