WHO chief on Covid origins admits patient zero may have been infected by bat in Wuhan lab News


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China: Anand Menon discusses 'balancing act' for Boris Johnson Sign up to receive our rundown of the day's top stories direct to your inbox Peter Ben Embarek, Head of WHO mission into origins of Covid-19, accepted that patient zero of the pandemic may have been an employee at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The chief, who was part of the WHO mission to Wuhan, China in January, said: “An employee who was infected in the field by taking samples falls under one of the probable hypotheses.” Trending Mr Embarek said the first Covid infection may well have happened by collecting...