WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus asks China to cooperate with probe into Covid-19 Virus Origin
This comes amid growing calls for timely, transparent, and evidence-based independent practice in the next phase of WHO's integrated research.
World Health Organization (WHO) official Tedros Ghebreyesus has called on China to co-operate with an ongoing investigation into the origins of Covid-19 during a revised process to further test the virus.
Dr Tedros made the remarks after taking part in a Group of Seven (G7) conference with a video conference on Saturday, reports The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The WHO Director-General hoped that there would be better cooperation and transparency as the next phase of the investigation into the origin of the virus progressed.
"As you know we will need cooperation on the Chinese side," he said. "We need to be transparent in order to understand or know or discover the origin of the virus ... after the release of the report there has been a difficulty in sharing information, especially in raw data."
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He said preparations for the investigator's next steps were underway and that the issue of the virus was being discussed by G7 leaders on Saturday, the WSJ reported.
Earlier this week, the United States and the UK stepped up their support of an independent, "timely, transparent and evidence-based" process in the next phase of a study called by WHO on the origins of Covid-19.
"We will also support a timely, transparent and evidence-based independent process for the next phase of the Covid-19 study compiled by the WHO, including China, and to investigate emerging unknown origins in the future," the joint statement said. after US President Joe Biden met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday.
This comes amid growing calls for timely, transparent, and evidence-based independent practice in the next phase of WHO's integrated research.
Recently, calls to further investigate the origin of the virus have intensified. President Biden also ordered a new US investigation into the origin of the epidemic.
The origin of the destructive novel coronavirus of the world remains a mystery even 1.5 years after the first case of infection was reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
Now, scientists and world leaders are calling for an investigation into whether the virus originated naturally or leaked to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
World Health Organization (WHO) official Tedros Ghebreyesus has called on China to co-operate with an ongoing investigation into the origins of Covid-19 during a revised process to further test the virus.
Dr Tedros made the remarks after taking part in a Group of Seven (G7) conference with a video conference on Saturday, reports The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The WHO Director-General hoped that there would be better cooperation and transparency as the next phase of the investigation into the origin of the virus progressed.
"As you know we will need cooperation on the Chinese side," he said. "We need to be transparent in order to understand or know or discover the origin of the virus ... after the release of the report there has been a difficulty in sharing information, especially in raw data."
He said preparations for the investigator's next steps were underway and that the issue of the virus was being discussed by G7 leaders on Saturday, the WSJ reported.
Earlier this week, the United States and the UK stepped up their support of an independent, "timely, transparent and evidence-based" process in the next phase of a study called by WHO on the origins of Covid-19.
"We will also support a timely, transparent and evidence-based independent process for the next phase of the Covid-19 study compiled by the WHO, including China, and to investigate emerging unknown origins in the future," the joint statement said. after US President Joe Biden met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday.
This comes amid growing calls for timely, transparent, and evidence-based independent practice in the next phase of WHO's integrated research.
Recently, calls to further investigate the origin of the virus have intensified. President Biden also ordered a new US investigation into the origin of the epidemic.
The origin of the destructive novel coronavirus of the world remains a mystery even 1.5 years after the first case of infection was reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
Now, scientists and world leaders are calling for an investigation into whether the virus originated naturally or leaked to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
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