The head of the World Health Organization urged China to cooperate with an investigation into the origins of Covid-19 after Group of Seven leaders discussed the pandemic's causes
FALMOUTH, England—The head of the World Health Organization on Saturday urged China to cooperate with an investigation into the origins of the coronavirusSpeaking to reporters after participating in parts of the summit by video, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, said he hoped there would be better cooperation and transparency when the next phase of the probe into the virus’s origin is under way.
“As you know we will need cooperation from the Chinese side,” he said. “We need transparency to understand or know or find the origin of this virus…after the report was released there were difficulties in the data sharing, especially in the raw data.” Dr. Tedros said that the preparations for the probe’s next steps were under way and that the issue of the origin of the virus was discussed by G-7 leaders on Saturday. An initial probe into the origins of the coronavirus, which concluded that a lab leak in China was unlikely, was criticized by several governments.
President Biden has ordered a fresh U.S. intelligence inquiry into the origins of the pandemic. U.S. intelligence has focused on two scenarios—whether the pandemic started as a result of human contact with infected animals, or in a laboratory accident. U.S. intelligence agencies are divided on whether there is insufficient evidence currently to prove either one. Several Western leaders have supported a fresh WHO investigation that explores all possible hypotheses.
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