Public opinion on the origin of the epidemic remains neutral (Photo: Reuters / Getty Images)
The leader of the World Health Organization (WHO) privately believes that Covid “leaked from the laboratory”, it is claimed.
Dr Tedros Adanom Gebreyes has privately admitted to a European politician that the most likely cause of the epidemic was a catastrophic accident at a laboratory in Wuhan, according to a government source quoted in the Mail on Sunday.
This is despite the fact that the organization publicly claims that “all hypotheses remain on the table.”
In the past, the WHO has been criticized for accepting that a laboratory leak is simply a “conspiracy theory”.
But the organization is increasingly taking a “neutral” public position after limited evidence suggests “zoonotic” spread – the process by which the virus jumps from animal to human has been discovered.
Western intelligence agencies first raised concerns about the Wuhan Institute of Virology as early as April 2020, suggesting that scientists were manipulating bat coronaviruses in caves 1,000 miles from the center.
These caves may be the site of Covid-19.
Dr Tedros Adanom Gebrejesus comments to European politician (Photo: Reuters)
Dr Tedros recently told Member States in an update on the disease: “We still have no answers as to where it came from or how it entered the human population.
“Understanding the origin of the virus is very important from a scientific point of view to prevent future epidemics and pandemics.
“But morally, we also owe it to all those who have suffered and died and their families. The more time it takes, the harder it gets. We need to speed up and act with a sense of urgency.
He added that “all hypotheses must remain on the table”.
It has long been claimed that the virus leaked from the Institute of Virology in Wuhan (Photo: Getty Images) Not everyone believes that the virus escaped from a laboratory (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)
An original report concluded that the SARS-CoV-2 virus probably passed on to humans from bats through another unidentified species.
But such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and 14 other nations have criticized the findings as highly compromised.
Dr Tedros further acknowledged that the report was wrong and ordered a new trial.
A WHO spokesman said: “Dr Tedros has consistently said that all hypotheses remain on the table as scientists continue to work.”
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