WHO report fails to quell questions over COVID-19 origins, possible lab leak
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(Worthy News) – A team of international virus experts working with Chinese counterparts failed to pinpoint the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic during a visit to China, amid mounting questions over stonewalling by Beijing and whether the virus escaped from a Chinese research laboratory.
The Biden administration and the head of the United Nations’ World Health Organization, which assembled the team behind the report, quickly aired doubts about the panel’s findings and said it was clear that more study was needed.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus criticized authorities in China for limiting access to investigators and questioned the WHO team’s dismissal of the laboratory origin theory. [ Source: Washington Times (Read More…) ]
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