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Scientists begin to question WHO-China inquiry into coronavirus pandemic s origins Firstpost 05-03-2021 © Provided by Firstpost Scientists begin to question WHO-China inquiry into coronavirus pandemic s origins A small group of scientists and others who believe the novel coronavirus that spawned the pandemic could have originated from a lab leak or accident is calling for an inquiry independent of the World Health Organisation’s team of independent experts sent to China last month. While many scientists involved in researching the origins of the virus continue to assert that the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic almost certainly began in a leap from bats to an intermediate animal to humans, other theories persist and have gained new visibility with the WHO-led team of experts’ visit to China. Officials with the WHO have said in recent interviews that it was “extremely unlikely” but not impossible that the spread of the virus was linked to some lab accident.

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