Invalid Date, FURY is growing as the World Health Organisation was accused of a "whitewash" as it found Covid likely didn't originate at the Wuhan wet market or come from a lab leak. Both suggestions that the virus could have originally crossed to humans at the Huanan Seafood Market, or escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) were thrown out in a lengthy joint press conference. 8 8 It was originally claimed the virus jumped to humans at the Huanan Seafood MarketCredit: AP:Associated Press WHO's findings appeared to largely back Communist Party protestations that the virus may have originated from outside of its borders and its repeated denials of a lab accident.