WHO Chief: It was ‘Premature’ to Rule Out Lab-Leak Theory; ‘Lab Accidents Happen. It’s Common’

More than three months after the World Health Organization released a report that controversially all but ruled out the likelihood the coronavirus could have leaked from a Wuhan lab, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Thursday that was “premature” and reiterated calls for China to provide more data.