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		</div><p>The UK Government has not seen any evidence to suggest that Covid-19 is a man-made strain of coronavirus, Britain&#8217;s Health Secretary has confirmed.</p>
<p>Matt Hancock made the assertion after being asked whether it had been more than a “<i>coincidence</i>” that there were two laboratories researching coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, before the pandemic started.</p>
<p>The theory was given added traction last week when US President Donald Trump suggested he was confident that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was the origin of the deadly outbreak.</p>
<p>In a briefing at the White House on Thursday, Mr Trump described it as a “<i>terrible thing that happened” </i>and questioned whether it was a “<i>mistake</i>” or “<i>did somebody do something on purpose</i>”.</p>
<p>Mr Hancock, asked about the rumour by a Sky News viewer during a question-and-answer programme on Wednesday, said the British Government had investigated the accusation but was yet to find any evidence.</p>
<p><i>“Well, we have looked into this but we don’t have any evidence,”</i> he said.</p>
<p><i>“There isn’t evidence that this is a man-made coronavirus.</i></p>
<p><i>“I understand what John (the viewer) is getting at but we haven’t seen any evidence of that link.”</i></p>
<p>Asked what he thought had caused the Trump administration to push the theory, the Cabinet minister said: <i>“The president phrased his comments very carefully.</i></p>
<p><i>“We haven’t seen any evidence of a link and so there is nothing I have seen that confirms the discussion, the allegation that John is referring to that I know some people are talking about.”</i></p>
<p>Senior World Health Organisation officials, in response to Mr Trump’s comments, have said they were “<i>assured that this virus is natural in origin”</i>.</p>
<p>The Chinese government has also said that any claims that the coronavirus was released from a laboratory are “<i>unfounded and purely fabricated out of nothing”</i>.</p>
<p>Mr Hancock said there would have to be mitigation put in place in the future to prevent another disease like Covid-19 from making its way to humans.</p>
<p><i>“There are so many what-ifs with this disease and so much to learn afterwards when we look at how it was handled to make sure we are more prepared in future,” </i>he added.</p>
<p><i>“One of the things is, at some point, the evidence appears to be that the disease jumped from animals to a human, and we need to stop that from happening again.</i></p>
<p><i>“That is in the global interest, it is not just a matter for one country.”</i></p>
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