The team claims that SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – has a “fingerprint” that indicates it was most likely assembled in a laboratory. Other experts, however, are sceptical, with one calling the notion “tinfoil-hat bonkers”.

​The team claims that SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – has a “fingerprint” that indicates it was most likely assembled in a laboratory. Other experts, however, are sceptical, with one calling the notion “tinfoil-hat bonkers”.