WHO-China report says animals likely source of Covid-19

The WHO-China joint study team at a press conference in Wuhan in February. Their report on the origins of Covid-19 says transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario for its emergence (Ng Han Guan/AP)

A joint World Health Organisation-China study on the origins of Covid-19 says transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario for its emergence.

The possibility of a lab leak was “extremely unlikely”, according to a draft copy of the study’s findings obtained by The Associated Press.