A group of 14 countries, including the United States and Japan, have expressed concern about the World Health Organization (WHO) and China report on the origins of COVID-19, arguing that the WHO team “is significantly delayed and lacks full access, original data and samples. “
The long-awaited joint report on the origins of COVID-19 was published by the World Health Organization on Tuesday. The report states that the most likely way to start the epidemic is through transmission from bats to another animal and then to humans.
The United States, Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia and Israel said in a statement that they “fully support” the World Health Organisation’s efforts to end the epidemic, including an understanding of how it “appeared”. and spread. “
But they added: “It is important that we share the common concern that the international expert study on the source of SARS-CoV-2 has been significantly delayed and that it does not have access to complete original data and samples.”
The declaration was also signed by Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Slovenia and the United Kingdom.
The review, carried out between 14 January and 10 February by a panel of international experts from the World Health Organization in Wuhan, China, is the first step that is likely to lead to years of investigation into the origin of the virus.
Some WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also called for further research on Tuesday to draw “tougher conclusions,” Al Jazeera said.
“I don’t think this assessment was comprehensive enough,” he said during a press briefing on Tuesday.
Tedros added: “Although the team concluded that a leak in the laboratory is the least likely hypothesis, it requires further investigation and possibly additional tasks involving specialized experts, and I am ready to publish it.”
China has received widespread criticism around the world for its possible role in the spread of the new Corona virus, which has infected more than 127 million people worldwide. According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 2.79 million people have died as a result of the virus.
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