'Not convinced' COVID-19 developed naturally, need more open investigations: Dr Anthony Fauci

Dr Fauci even called for an open investigation into the origin of the deadly virus. Dr Fauci made these remarks during an event, United Facts of America: A Festival of Fact-Checking event.

WASHINGTON: Dr Anthony Fauci, America’s top health expert and the director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has said that he is "not convinced" that the COVID-19 virus which affected millions across the globe developed naturally. Dr Fauci even called for an open investigation into the origin of the deadly virus. The top US health expert made these remarks during an event, United Facts of America: A Festival of Fact-Checking event. "There’s a lot of cloudiness around the origins of COVID-19 still, so I wanted to ask, are you still confident that it developed naturally?" he said. He said this in response to a question asked by PolitiFact’s Katie Sanders.