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China urges ‘objective, scientific’ focus for WHO’s next Covid-19 origins hunt
Foreign ministry vows country will ‘continue to support and participate in’ global origins tracing, and ‘oppose any political manipulation’.
Where Did Covid-19 Come From? WHO Unveils New Team to Study Disputed Origin
The World Health Organization proposed a fresh team to lead an investigation into the origins of Covid-19 and other diseases after the last effort was wracked by controversy.
In search for coronavirus origins, Hubei caves and wildlife farms draw new scrutiny
Did COVID come from a cave in Hubei? The Washington Post visited the bat-inhabited Enshi caves in Hubei Province, of which Wuhan is the capital, and “observed human traffic” into the caves and “defunct wildlife farms…as close as one mile from the entrances.”
A Group of Scientists Presses a Case Against the Lab Leak Theory of Covid
In a review of recent studies and comparisons to other outbreaks, a group of virologists contends that there is more evidence to support a natural spillover from animals to humans.
To the Bat Cave: In Search of Covid’s Origins, Scientists Reignite Polarizing Debate on Wuhan ‘Lab Leak’
Leading virologists, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, are demanding a deeper probe into China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology as they try to identify the source of the deadly coronavirus.
WHO report: COVID likely 1st jumped into humans from animals
GENEVA (AP) — A joint World Health Organization-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely,” according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press...
With Virus Origins Still Obscure, W.H.O. and Critics Look to Next Steps
A scientific mission to China proposed further study for a number of topics. Critics and the director of the W.H.O. have weighed in as well.
Virus Origins Remain Unclear in W.H.O.-China Inquiry
Far more work is needed to understand how the pandemic began, the report says, but it is not clear that Beijing will cooperate. “We may never find the true origins,” an expert said.
Opinion | WHO Said What About Wuhan?
International investigators ignore the lab-leak theory but investigate frozen fish.
A W.H.O. Researcher on His Trip to China Seeking Origins of the Virus
An interview with Peter Daszak, an animal disease specialist, just after his return from an investigative research mission to Wuhan, the site of the original Covid outbreak, and surrounding areas.
'Groundless speculation': China refutes Boris Johnson's talk of COVID originating from bats
China dismissed suggestions by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the coronavirus pandemic could have originated from bats or pangolins, calling it "groundless speculation".
Another ‘Unfounded’ Study on Origins of Virus Spreads Online
The publication is the second in a series, from a team led by a Chinese scientist, that has been widely discredited by experts.
