Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on COVID-19 originated from a lab-related …

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)

As far as WHO is concerned, all hypotheses remain on the table. This report is a very important beginning, but it is not the end. We have not yet found the source of the virus, and we must continue to follow the science and leave no stone unturned as we do.

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WHO news release, "WHO calls for further studies, data on origin of SARS-CoV-2 virus, reiterates that all hypotheses remain open," March 30, 2021.

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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover

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AI Verified The quote is directly about SARS-CoV-2 origin and explicitly says WHO has not found the source and that all hypotheses remain open, which makes an abstaining stance on the lab-origin-vs-zoonotic question determinable. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The quote is explicitly neutral: WHO says “all hypotheses remain on the table” and “we have not yet found the source of the virus,” so it does not favor a lab-related incident over natural zoonotic spillover. ([who.int](https://www.who.int/news/item/30-03-2021-who-calls-for-further-studies-data-on-origin-of-sars-cov-2-virus-reiterates-that-all-hypotheses-remain-open)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified The WHO news release dated 2021-03-30 contains the quote verbatim, attributed to Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (“said Dr Tedros”). The source URL provided is the same page, and the user’s text is an allowed excerpt with later material omitted. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 3mo ago

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