health expert performs 'complete backflip' on COVID-19 lab leak theory

The ABC's "self-proclaimed" national health expert and TV presenter Dr Norman Swan has performed a complete backflip on his view on the coronavirus lab leak theory, according to Sky News host Chris Kenny.

Dr Swan had previously stated on national television in May last year that the coronavirus was a "natural mutation" and did not originate from a lab.

In an interview with the ABC on Tuesday Dr Swan said there were "increasing signs" the Wuhan Institute of Virology "may well have been the source".

Mr Kenny said this was a "complete backflip" and another example of Dr Swan's and the ABC's "repeated errors" made throughout the pandemic.