mo4ch:>‘Not possible to determine’ exact origins of Covid-19, but available evidence points to animal source – WHO | Mo4ch News

While the origin of the coronavirus has yet to be confirmed, early findings suggest it originated in animals, a top World Health Organization (WHO) official said shortly after the US president fueled the ‘Wuhan lab’ theory.Asked to comment on recent reports by major US media outlets suggesting the lethal virus emanated from a virology lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan, Takeshi Kasai, WHO regional director for the Western Pacific, cautioned against speculation, saying the verdict was still out on the exact origins of the pathogen.“I think at this stage it’s not possible to determine the precise source, but available evidence suggests that it has an origin from animals,” Kasai said at a virtual press conference on Tuesday. “Again, there are many researchers studying these issues, and we’ve heard that this might have originated from bats, but how it reached humans we still don’t know.”
At this time, we cannot conclude anything yet.Last week, Fox News and the Washington Post both ran storie…