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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
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo renews his widely contested charge that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Chinese laboratory, but acknowledges there was no certainty. "We don't have certainty, and there is significant evidence that this came from the laboratory. Those statements can both be true," Pompeo tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Austrians return to cafes and restaurants after more than six months of lockdown, with customers having to provide documents proving they have either been vaccinated, tested or recently recovered from Covid-19. 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
Two WHO experts, Marion Koopmans and Peter Daszak, leave their hotel at the end of the organisation's mission to Wuhan. The probe concluded without finding the source of the coronavirus that has killed more than 2.3 million worldwide. IMAGES