China will have destroyed proof of Wuhan coronavirus leak, says former MI6 chief

Speaking to The Telegraph's Planet Normal podcast, Sir Richard Dearlove said vital pandemic clues would be 'made to disappear'

Security staff guard the Wuhan Institute of Virology 
Security staff guard the Wuhan Institute of Virology  Credit: Thomas Peter/ Reuters

Evidence that a lab leak in Wuhan sparked the coronavirus pandemic has probably been destroyed by China, the former head of MI6 has said....

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