Revealing what is clear evidence of a cover up, the Washington Post reports that Danish WHO chief Ben Embarek made the admission after also commenting that he believes patient zero was a worker at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where experiments on coronaviruses were being carried out.

Embarek noted that "human error" could have ultimately led to the virus jumping to humans, but that "the Chinese political system does not allow authorities to acknowledge that."

Embarek commented that "Somebody could also wish to hide something."