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Experts from the WHO all but eliminate a controversial theory that Covid-19 came from a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan. "The laboratory incident hypothesis is extremely unlikely to explain the introduction of the virus into the human population," says Peter Ben Embarek, the head of the WHO mission. "Therefore is not in the hypotheses that we will suggest for future studies." IMAGES
The WHO mission to China to uncover the origins of the coronavirus has failed to identify the animal source, but said there was no indication the sickness was in circulation in Wuhan before December 2019 when the first official cases were recorded. WHO foreign expert Ben Embarek, who was based in the WHO's Beijing office for two years from 2009, backs up the Chinese side's assertion saying there was no evidence of "large outbreaks in Wuhan" before then. SOUNDBITE
The World Health Organization says that Washington has provided no evidence to support "speculative" claims by the US president that the new coronavirus originated in a lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan. SOUNDBITE
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives to give evidence at Britain's Covid-19 inquiry. During the pandemic he was Britain's Finance Minister, and has faced criticism for his implementation of a scheme called 'Eat Out To Help Out'. Designed to revive demand for restaurants after they were closed in Covid lockdowns, the scheme has been criticised for potentially helping spread the disease, with senior scientists saying they weren't consulted. IMAGES
WHO expert Peter Ben Embarek arrives at Wuhan airport at the end of the organisation's mission. The probe concluded without finding the source of the coronavirus that has killed more than 2.3 million worldwide. IMAGES
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