Could Covid-19 have come from a lab leak? - a podcast by BBC World Service

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 NoonResearcher: Kirsteen Knight

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

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