In a report released Thursday, WHO's expert group said that "key pieces of data" to explain how the pandemic began were still missing. WHO's expert group also noted that since lab accidents in the past have triggered some outbreaks, the highly politicized theory could not be discounted. Letters sent to ChinaFormer U.S. president Donald Trump speculated repeatedly — without evidence — that COVID-19 was started in a Chinese lab. The experts said no studies were provided to WHO that assessed the possibility of COVID-19 resulting from a laboratory leak. (Thomas Peter/Reuters)Metzl welcomed WHO's call for a further investigation of the lab leak possibility but said it was insufficient.

Source: CBC News June 10, 2022 05:07 UTC