Laboratory origin of COVID-19 pandemic 'extremely unlikely': WHO
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GENEVA -- The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that COVID-19 introduction through a laboratory incident was considered to be an "extremely unlikely" pathway, refuting conspiracy theories that the virus was leaked from a lab in China.
The WHO made the remarks in a report released on Tuesday following a joint research with China on the global tracing of COVID-19 origins.
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