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Origins: Hunting the Source of Covid-19

It remains one of the world's biggest mysteries: what triggered the Covid-19 pandemic? The BBC's global health correspondent Tulip Mazumdar delves into the main theories.

It remains one of the world's biggest mysteries: what triggered the Covid-19 pandemic? The BBC's global health correspondent Tulip Mazumdar hears from two of the scientists who were on the controversial China/Who mission to Wuhan at the start of the year, as well as experts who have investigated outbreaks of new diseases before. Tulip delves into the main theories, and looks at why a hypothesis about a possible accidental lab leak is now being taken much more seriously.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 1 Nov 202101:30GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 30 Oct 202112:30GMT
  • Sat 30 Oct 202119:30GMT
  • Sun 31 Oct 202101:30GMT
  • Sun 31 Oct 202117:30GMT
  • Mon 1 Nov 202101:30GMT