BEIJING: The virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic is “extremely unlikely” to have originated in a lab, but most likely jumped from an animal to humans, according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) report released by a joint international and Chinese team probing the virus’ origins.
The 120-page report said the virus most probably jumped from an animal, potentially a bat or pangolin, to an unknown intermediate animal host and then to humans.
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