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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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Chinese Epidemiologist Demands Next COVID Origin Probe in US

  • Covid origin probe should now shift to US, says Chinese expert.
  • A NIH study showed that at least seven people in five different U.S. states were infected with SARS-CoV-2.
  • The origin of the pandemic has become a source of political tension between China and the United States.

A senior Chinese epidemiologist has demanded that the second phase of investigation into the origins of coronavirus should be conducted in the United States, reports Reuters.

In his statement, he referred to a study which...

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British Spies Believe Wuhan COVID Lab Leak Theory is ‘Plausible’

  • British spies believe that the theory the coronavirus escaped from a Chinese lab is ‘plausible.’
  • The lab-leak theory having initially been dismissed is gaining traction.
  • President Joe Biden has ordered US intelligence agencies to conduct a 90 day review into the source of the coronavirus.

British spies believe that the thesis that COVID-19 leaked from a lab in China is plausible and are seeking to recruit sources on the darknet as they investigate the claim, reports Business Insider.

Skeptical...

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China Counters Wuhan Lab leak ‘Conspiracy’ After Call for Covid Probe

  • Joe Biden has directed the US intelligence community to redouble their efforts in investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic and report back to him in 90 days.
  • China’s foreign ministry accused the US of “political manipulation and blame shifting”.
  • It has rejected any link between Covid-19 and a virus research lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

China has denounced US efforts to further investigate whether Covid-19 came from a Chinese lab, reports BBC.

Conflicted conclusion

China on...

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WHO Urged To Conduct Transparent Inquiry Into COVID-19 Origins

The US health secretary has urged the World Health Organization to ensure the next phase of investigation into Covid-19’s origins is “transparent”, reports BBC.

Close evaluation is necessary

Speaking to a ministerial-level WHO meeting, Xavier Becerra said international experts should be allowed to evaluate the source of coronavirus. US media reports suggest growing evidence the virus could have emerged from a laboratory in China.

Covid-19 was first detected in 2019 in Wuhan, in central Hubei...

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WHO’s Report Of The Origins Of The Coronavirus

The joint WHO-China report on the origins of Covid-19 comes to four conclusions, and none are definitive. They are essentially preliminary assessments, reports BBC.

The initial stages

What the 120-page report does make clear is that the WHO team was not able to get a clear picture of the crucial weeks and months before early December 2019, when the first known Covid cases were reported here in Wuhan.

A lack of access to blood samples from donors in the city and swab samples from adults, in...

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WHO Mission Finds the Possible Origin of Covid 19 Outbreak

  • Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) looking into the origins of coronavirus in China have discovered signs of the outbreak.
  • The outbreak was much wider in Wuhan in December 2019 than previously thought, and are urgently seeking access to hundreds of thousands of blood samples from the city.
  • Whereas, China has not so far let them examine.

A recent news published in the CNN reveals that WHO mission finds footprints of possible outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan.

WHO mission

The...

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WHO Team Visits Wuhan Market In Coronavirus Investigation

A World Health Organisation team looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday visited a market known to be the food distribution center for the Chinese city of Wuhan during the 76-day lockdown last year, says an article published in The Week.

Largest Wet Markets In Wuhan

The team members were seen walking through sections of the Baishazhou market  one of the largest wet markets in Wuhan  surrounded by a large entourage of Chinese officials and representatives.

Medicine Hospital

The...

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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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China Urged To Allow WHO To Probe COVID19 Origins

  • Experts are investigating how a ‘mysterious’ pneumonia in Wuhan evolved into a global pandemic that has killed nearly 1.9 million people.
  • Australia urges China to give access to WHO officials investigating the origins of COVID-19 “without delay,” as China said it was still trying to “create conditions” for the experts’ visit.

Australia has urged China to give access to World Health Organization (WHO) officials investigating the origins of COVID-19 “without delay,” reports Reuters.

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