COVID-19: What is the Wuhan coronavirus lab leak theory and why is it being taken seriously?
COVID-19: What is the Wuhan coronavirus lab leak theory and why is it being taken seriously? Following the first cluster of infections at the Huanan wet market in China's Hubei province in late 2019, the most likely theory was that the coronavirus jumped from animals to humans. But despite a World Health Organization (WHO) investigation into the origins of the pandemic earlier this year, experts do not appear to be any closer to a definite answer. Live COVID updates from the UK and around the world What is the lab leak theory? The lab leak theory is that the coronavirus may have accidentall...