A kindIn the search for the origin of the coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) Current pressure: In a letter to member states, she listed the research priorities and announced a new permanent working group to find the origin of new pathogens.
WHO Director-General Tan Desai emphasized in Geneva on Friday that in addition to investigating the wildlife and animal market in Wuhan, China, where the virus first appeared at the end of 2019, the laboratory must also be inspected there.
Laboratory accident paper “very unlikely”
China has postponed the itinerary of the first WHO research team for several months. Although the WHO hopes to continue the investigation, Beijing has not taken any action to continue its work in China.
The subject matter is very subtle. The United States accuses China of blocking transparent analysis. Beijing suspects that the United States blames China for the spread of the virus. The authorities spread the false theory that the virus may also reach China from abroad through frozen cargo.
After months of turbulence, the WHO team was only allowed to travel to China in January. The team reported at the end of March that the virus was “probably” transmitted from animals to humans through intermediate hosts. The fact that the virus accidentally escaped from the virus laboratory and spread was considered an “extremely impossible path.”
The United States insists on the argument of laboratory accidents. U.S. President Joe Biden stated at the end of May that this was considered possible at least in some U.S. secret service agencies and ordered further testing. The Secret Service will report at the end of August.
China has always emphasized the need to “globally” seek sources. As the State Department spokesperson said, the United States has made searches more difficult through “political manipulation.”
