Leaders pressed on lab leak theory for COVID-19 origins

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and US President Joe Biden have all been asked about the possibility COVID-19 leaked from a lab in China during various press conferences in Cornwall. Mr Morrison said he did not know whether the virus leaked from a lab or came from natural causes, but he is still backing another inquiry into its origins, according to Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell. “Now Boris Johnson … he said that he doesn’t think that it was leaked from the lab, he thinks it’s more a zoonotic source, but he says he can’t say for sure. Joe Biden a lot more equivocal on it,” Mr Clennell said. US President Joe Biden pointed out “we haven’t had access to the laboratories” and said he had not reached a conclusion because he was waiting for the findings of the intelligence community. “I think China has to start to act more responsibly in terms of international norms on human rights and transparency. Transparency matters across the board,” he said.