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China Blocks WHO Team’s COVID19 Origin Investigation

7 January 2021

The head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday he was “very disappointed” that China has still not authorised the entry of a team of international experts to examine the origins of the coronavirus, reports Reuters.

What is it?

The 10-strong team had been due to set off in early January as part of a long-awaited mission to probe early cases of the coronavirus, first reported over a year ago in China’s Wuhan.

“Today we learned that Chinese officials have not yet finalised the necessary...

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Wuhan Scientist Accused of ‘COVID19 Origin’ Answers

7 August 2020

Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli is seen inside the P4 laboratory in Wuhan, capital of China’s Hubei province, on February 23, 2017. – The P4 epidemiological laboratory was built in co-operation with French bio-industrial firm Institut Merieux and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)

According to a SCIENCE article, Chinese scientists explain how the recent pandemic isn’t lab-made but a natural happening. Busting all the...

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Scientists Put To Rest the ‘COVID19 Origin’ Conspiracy Theories

23 July 2020

According to a Science Alert article written by Polly Hayes, a Medical Microbiology Lecturer at the University of Westminster, scientists have now highlighted evidence that novel coronavirus is a natural phenomenon and not a lab-made one.

What is it?

One of the conspiracy theories that have plagued attempts to keep people informed during the pandemic is the idea that the coronavirus was created in a laboratory. But the vast majority of scientists who have studied the virus agree that it evolved...

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Similar COVID19 Viruses Found in Pangolins

3 July 2020

According to an article published in the Science Alert, a search for the ‘missing link’ in the chain of the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 has uncovered two close cousins of the new coronavirus in shipments of pangolins being smuggled into China.

It’s important to note that the discovery by researchers from across Hong Kong and China falls well short of identifying these precious mammals as the source of the current pandemic. However, the similarity of the strains does suggest the nation’s pangolin...

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WHO Sends Team To Check COVID19 Origin, Says Contact Tracing the Only Way

1 July 2020

According to a Reuters report, the World Health Organization chief said on Monday that Tracing contacts of people with coronavirus infections is the most important step in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, and countries that are failing to do so have no excuse.

Pandemic Speeding Up

“Although many countries have made some progress, globally the pandemic is actually speeding up,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a briefing.

“We all want this to be over. We all want to get on with our lives. But the...

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