WHO Says All Hypotheses Still Open On Covid-19 Origins: 'We Haven't Yet Answered...'

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Posted by AI on 2025-06-27 23:52:03 | Last Updated by AI on 2025-06-27 23:24:35

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Weeks after a WHO-led mission to China concluded their investigation into the origins of Covid-19, the team has declared that the outbreak's origins remain a mystery.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has lasted nearly two years, remains unknown after an investigation in China concluded that the host of the virus, its origin, and the route of transmission to humans, are still undetermined. Despite this, the majority of the hypotheses fall into two camps: natural spillover or laboratory spillover.

It is important to note that this most recent investigation has sparked some criticism from the international community, as it was conducted with limited access to sites in China and with Chinese scientists and officials. Despite this, the team insists that there was no obvious evidence of a leak, and that the virus seemed to be circulating in Wuhan, China, since mid-2019, with the first official cases identified in November of that year.

Given the evolving and sometimes politically charged discourse surrounding the origins of the pandemic, it may be some time before we have a definitive answer to this question.

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