The government is preparing to adjust its official view of Covid's origin to be in accordance with the growing international consensus that the virus spread as a result of a leak of a Wuhan Laboratory.
The move follows an earlier report from the CIA that a leak was the most likely explanation.
In response to a question from Tory Peer Lord Kempsell, Minister of Health Merron said that the government “noted the assessment of the Central Intelligence Agency and will constantly revise our own assessment of the virus's origin, taking into account new intelligence.”
The post on Sunday revealed for the first time in April 2020 that intelligence experts believed that it had arisen in a laboratory, but it was publicly rejected as 'a conspiracy theory'.
The preferred theory – who had less chance of China – was that it was the result of 'zoodotic' animals – to – to a human transfer in a market.
![Ministers set to back Covid leak theory – following growing international consensus that virus spread from Wuhan laboratory Ministers set to back Covid leak theory – following growing international consensus that virus spread from Wuhan laboratory](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/02/08/23/95012133-14376487-image-a-126_1739056347735.jpg)
The post on Sunday revealed for the first time in April 2020 that intelligence experts believed it had arisen in a laboratory, but it was publicly rejected as 'a conspiracy theory' (shown: the P4 Laboratory (middle left) on the Wuhan Institute campus or Virology in Wuhan)
![The virus quickly spread around the world, which led to vaccinations (stock image)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/02/08/23/95012147-14376487-image-a-127_1739056350689.jpg)
The virus quickly spread around the world, which led to vaccinations (stock image)
![In his recent memoirs, Unleashed, said Boris Johnson (photo) that he believed that the virus started with a Lablak](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/02/08/23/95012349-14376487-image-a-128_1739056687054.jpg)
In his recent memoirs, Unleashed, said Boris Johnson (photo) that he believed that the virus started with a Lablak
In his recent memoirs, Unleashed, Boris Johnson said he believed it started with a Lablek.
He wrote: 'The terrible thing about the entire Covid catastrophe is that it is made entirely by humans in all its aspects.
“It now seems overwhelming that the mutation was the result of a failed experiment in a Chinese lab.”