The world needs to work with the Chinese government to trace the origins of Covid-19 and protect against future disease threats, say two U.S. epidemiologists.
Details to support the possibility of the SARS-CoV-2 virus escaping from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, have risen, said Scott Gottlieb, Food and Drug Administration commissioner in the administration of Trump now sitting on board More about Pfizer Inc.
China did not provide evidence to refute the claim, while a search for evidence that the virus originated in wildlife did not produce results, Gottlieb told CBS News "Face the Nation"
Biden Updates Virus Origin Probe That Far Far Away Is Not Free
Not knowing how the epidemic started puts the world at risk of future outbreaks, Peter Hotez, co-director of Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, said in a different way on TV.
"There will be Covid-26 and Covid-32 unless we fully understand the origins of Covid-19," Hotez told NBC's "Meet the press." WHO's Last Day in Wuhan
About a year and a half after the discovery of the new virus spread to the seafood market in Wuhan, China, the exact origin of the virus remains unknown. Scientists have speculated that it may have spread from wildlife to man. The idea that it is possible for the virus to escape accidentally from the research board, promoted long ago by other Republicans, has received a revival from Biden management.
In a surprising statement on Wednesday, President Joe Biden called for a new investigation into the outbreak. U.S. intelligence agencies They have controversial tests on the possibility of the virus crossing the species barrier from a natural lake or from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Biden said. He instructed organizations to "repeat their efforts" and report back to him within 90 days.
China Accuses US Of Hyping Theory Virus Escaped From Lab
Controversy over the origin of the virus was sparked by a report by the Wall Street Journal on May 23 that three researchers at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology were sick enough in November 2019 to seek hospital care to find “symptoms associated with Covid-19 and seasonal illness. ”
Scientists should be allowed to conduct long-term research in China and take blood samples from humans and animals, Hotez said. The US should pressure China, including threatening sanctions, to allow an investigation.
“We need a team of scientists, epidemiologists, virologists, bat ecologists in Hubei province for a six-month, year-long period,” Hotez said.
Chinese officials have opposed Wuhan's lab view. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Thursday dismissed Biden's investigation as an attempt to engage in "discrimination, political manipulation and manipulation of errors."
A report by the World Health Organization released in March did not fully disclose the origin of the virus but called for a leaky moth to occur. The international health organization wanted further investigation.
"As for the WHO, all ideas are still on the table," Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement during a report released in March.
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