Why the Covid Wuhan lab escape theory, dead and buried months ago, has risen again More and more scientists have begun poking their heads above the parapet to call for independent inquiry into origins of pandemic 27 May 2021 • 6:09pm When the coronavirus pandemic first emerged in Wuhan in December 2019, conspiracy theorists quickly pointed out that it was close to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a leading world centre for research on coronaviruses. Of all the labs in all the cities in all the world, a deadly coronavirus had emerged at the spot where scientists were believed to be creating deadly coronaviruses.