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The Inquiry: Could Covid-19 have come from a lab leak?

Could Covid-19 have come from a lab leak?

17/06/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - The Inquiry, Could Covid-19 have come from a lab leak?

Kavita Puri explores the theory that the pandemic could have originated in a lab.

It was originally dismissed by many as a conspiracy theory but now the possibility of a lab leak is gaining pace with President Biden calling for further investigation.

For the last year discussions about the origins of Covid-19 have divided people all over the world. Some say it came from nature and others believe it could have escaped from a lab. The idea of a lab accident was originally dismissed as a conspiracy theory but it’s starting to gain attention all over again.

Now President Biden has given the US intelligence service 90 days to try and investigate the virus's origins further.  

Many still believe the virus jumped to humans from animals but some say that we need to be open minded until we have all of the data. 

But could Covid-19 really have come from a lab? 


Presenter: Kavita Puri
Producer: Olivia Noon
Researcher: Kirsteen Knight

(Virus research in a lab. Tek Science/Getty images)

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