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WHO report concludes virus lab leak theory is 'extremely unlikely'

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An international expert mission to Wuhan in China has concluded that it was very likely that Covid first passed to humans from a bat through an intermediary animal, while all but ruling out a lab incident.

The experts said that the intermediary host hypothesis was deemed "likely to very likely", while the theory that the virus escaped from a laboratory was seen as "extremely unlikely".

This is according to the final version of the long-awaited report, of which AFP obtained a copy before the official release - due in the next few days.

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