The World Health Organization (WHO) has denied Donald Trump's claims that the coronavirus was created in a laboratory. Last month, the US President suggested the disease orginated was manmade in China.
When asked if he had seen anything to suggest Covid-19 was created in a laboratory, Trump replied: "Yes, I have. Yes, I have. "And I think the World Health Organization should be ashamed of themselves because they're like the public relations agency for China." But, Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO technical lead on Covid-19 dismissed Trump's claims, stating coronavirus comes from bats.
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr programme, she said: "Coronaviruses normally circulate in animals and many coronaviruses are circulating in bats. "Most emerging