WHO Joins US in Saying There’s No Evidence New Virus is a Biological Weapon

Medical workers move a person who died from COVID-19 at a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province on Feb. 16, 2020. Chinatopix via AP

The World Health Organization (WHO) joined the United States in saying there’s no evidence to support theories that the new coronavirus is a biological weapon engineered by China.

The new virus, known as COVID-19, has caused tens of thousands of infections and hundreds of deaths.