WHO Quietly Shelves Plans For Second Phase Of Its COVID-origins Investigation

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  • The World Health Organization (WHO) has quietly shelved the second phase of its much-anticipated scientific investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Sensitive studies in China were intended to pinpoint the source of the pandemic virus.
  • WHO has cited ongoing challenges over attempts to conduct crucial studies in China.

Researchers say they are disappointed that the investigation isn’t going ahead, because understanding how the...

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Coronavirus Origin? Five Mysteries That Remain

According to a recently published article on Nature, with the WHO team investigating the origins of Covid-19, there are still few key questions unanswered about when, where and how the pandemic began.

Investigating COVID-19 origins

The World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic concluded that the coronavirus probably originated in bats and passed to people through an intermediate animal.  But fundamental questions remain about when, where and how...

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WHO Team Lands in China To Probe COVID Origin

  • WHO team finally entered China after last week’s last-minute hiccup
  • China has blocked an independent probe into virus’ origins
  • The team has reached but it faces an uphill struggle
  • A wildlife poacher may have passed the virus
  • Theory that accidental leak caused pandemic won’t be assessed
  • ‘Won’t have clear answers after this mission’, said WHO officials 

A team of ten scientists from the World Health Organization (WHO) landed in Wuhan on Thursday to understand how coronavirus jumped from animals...

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