Doctors condemn ‘fake news’ about coronavirus’s origins

Aussies, including Professor Kanta Subbarao, are among 27 global experts that have voiced their concerns in a Lancet letter
Professor Kanta Subbarao
Professor Kanta Subbarao.

Doctors and researchers from around the world, including Australia, have banded together to condemn conspiracy theories and rumours about the origins of COVID-19.

A number of theories have emerged claiming a Wuhan infectious disease laboratory engineered the virus, which then either deliberately or accidentally leaked out and started the epidemic.