Coronavirus did not come from a lab, states WHO in bid to quell rumours

The UN agency's comments come after US President Donald Trump said his government was investigating the issue
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WHO spokesperson Fadela Chaib. Photo: UN Geneva

WHO says all the available evidence suggests that SARS-CoV-2 originated in animals in China late last year and was not manipulated or produced in a laboratory.

US President Donald Trump said last week that his government was trying to determine whether the virus emanated from a lab in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic emerged in December.