World WHO will end research into ‘extremely unlikely’ theory that COVID-19 originated in Wuhan lab February 9, 2021February 9, 2021Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAYComments Off on WHO will end research into ‘extremely unlikely’ theory that COVID-19 originated in Wuhan lab The U.S. State Department said the U.S. would wait to see the WHO team's full report before reaching conclusions about the origin of the coronavirus.