Covid-19: WHO expert rules out man-made origin of virus

Moscow - Coronaviruses are primarily associated with bats, virologist Dmitry Lvov says

Concerns over the artificial origins of Covid-19 do not have any value, Russian virologist and expert at the World Health Organisation Dmitry Lvov said.

"Coronaviruses are primarily viruses associated with bats. Someone could have been infected either in a room where a bat spent the night or in a cave where bats usually live in large numbers," he said.