CHINA DECLINES PHASE 2 OF COVID-19 OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION

  • 23/07/2021

China has rejected Phase 2 of the World Health Organization's (WHO) plan to investigate the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. China's deputy health minister Zeng Yixin said that the plan showed "disrespect for common sense and arrogance toward science". The WHO wants to audit laboratories in the area where the virus was first identified.
Liang Wannian, the Chinese team leader on the WHO joint expert team said, "We believe a lab leak is extremely unlikely and it is not necessary to invest more energy and efforts in this regard."

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