Also Read | The banal geopolitical fallout of the laboratory leak hypothesisMeanwhile, he expected full 'cooperation' from member states. "We fully expect cooperation, input and support of all of our member states in that endeavour," Ryan said.He also proposed that studies are needed to take understanding of where the virus emerged to the "next level".There are competing theories that the virus jumped from animals, possibly starting with bats, to humans, or that it escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, reported Al Jazeera.Also read | A confrontation over the pandemic’s origin is brewingThe Wuhan lab leak theory has recently become the subject of renewed public debate after several prominent scientists called for a full investigation.