COVID Wuhan lab leak theory 'must not' be ruled out'

The theaory that COVID-19 came from a leak from a Wuhan laboratory ‘must not be ruled out’ a team of experts have said (Getty) The origin of coronavirus is still unclear and the theory that it was caused by a laboratory leak in Wuhan should not be ruled out, a leading group of scientists have said. In a letter to the Science journal the 18 experts, including Ravindra Gupta, a clinical microbiologist at the University of Cambridge, and Jesse Bloom, who studies the evolution of viruses at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, said the possibility needs to be explored…