almost two years since the first cases were reported, we still don t know how my exactly where and when the deadly covid 19 pandemic started. most scientists say the evidence so far points to bats. at least three of the four seasonal coronaviruses, if not all of them, really originated from the animal world. but a theory about a possible lab incident in the city where the first cases appear to have emerged is being taken more seriously. we must not discount things that have a 5% probability or 1% probability for something as important as this. it could have happened in a laboratory incident because where it emerged. coincidence itself is not enough. you need hard evidence. i ve reported on many diseases, including murders in saudi arabia. there is always politics and pressure. of the blame game is now severely impacting the science. it was china s fault and china will pay a big price. we travelled to rotterdam to meet one of the scientist who was on the organised mission to w
no one bbc news, what triggered the global health pandemic? what happened at the what happened at the start what happened at the start of what happened at the start of the pandemic? where did this virus come from? how did we get on the situation? this is a million dollar question. almost two years since the first cases were reported, we still don t know how, exactly where, and when the pandemic started. at least three of the four seasonal coronavirus is really originated from the animal world. the theory about possible lab incident in the cases appear to have emerged is being taken more seriously. we must not discount things that have a 5% probability or 1% probability for something as important as this. it couldn t happen through a lab accident, loudly, because where lab accident, loudly, because where it lab accident, loudly, because where it occurred, close to this where it occurred, close to this institute. where it occurred as denied, you need where it occurred as
into this situation? this is the million dollar question. almost two years since the first cases were reported, we still don t know how my exactly where and when the deadly covid 19 pandemic started. most scientists say the evidence so far points to bats. at least three of the four seasonal coronaviruses, if not all of them, really originated from the animal world. but a theory about a possible lab incident in the city where the first cases appear to have emerged is being taken more seriously. we must not discount things that have a 5% probability or 1% probability for something as important as this. it could have happened through a lab accident, a lab leak, as you d say because where it emerged so close to the wuhan institute of virology. coincidence itself is not enough. you need hard evidence. i have reported on many outbreaks of new diseases, including covid 19 s distant cousin mers in saudi arabia. there is always politics and pressure. but the blame game is now severely
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. borisjohnson warns the eu that french threats over post brexit fishing licences, are completely unjustified . we are going to get old and do the things that matter to both of us, and make sure that we work together on tackling the big issues that face all of us. there is some turbulence in the relationship. france s emmanuel macron says the row over fishing raises questions about britain s reliability. the two leaders will discuss the dispute at the 620 in rome tomorrow. lawyers for prince andrew claim the woman who s accused him of sexual assault is out for another payday , as they ask a new york court to dismiss the case against him. chaotic scenes as climate activist greta thunberg arrives in glasgow hours before the start of the cop26 conference. now on bbc news, what triggered the covid 19 pandemic? the bbc s global health correspondent tulip mazumdar looks into the main theories. what exactly happened at the start of this pand