The WHO released its report into the origins of the coronavirus earlier this week, a report I contributed to as a member of the recent mission to Wuhan, China.

The report outlines our now well-publicised findings: SARS-CoV-2 most likely arose in bats, and then spread to humans via an as-yet unidentified intermediary animal.

The evidence we have so far indicates the virus was possibly circulating in China in mid-to-late November 2019. We considered viral escape from a laboratory extremely unlikely.

However, the release of the report prompted governments, including in the US, UK and Australia, to share their concerns over whether investigators had access to all the data.