The World Health Organization (WHO) investigation team led by Dr. Peter Ben Embarek (right) arrived in Wuhan on the 14th of last month and visited the Huanan Seafood Market, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Virus Research Institute in order to investigate the origin of Corona 19. In progress. AP=Yonhap News
– To uncover the origins of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), Chinese authorities insisted that the Chinese authorities “investigate other countries” to experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) who visited Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
The WHO investigation team, led by Dr. Peter Ben Embarek, arrived in Wuhan on the 14th of last month and visited the Huanan seafood market, the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, and the Virus Research Institute in order to investigate the origin of Corona 19.
On the 5th, the state-run Global Times reported the same, citing the comments of experts from the National Health Commission (NHC) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). China has repeatedly claimed that “Wuhan is not the source of Corona 19, but the first place to be discovered”.
“WHO should track the virus in other countries following Wuhan,” said Chung Kwang, chief researcher at CDC. “We will need to collect blood samples from patients with pneumonia in 2019 to see if there is anything suspicious.”
“Wuhan is just a station for tracking the origin of Corona 19,” said Feng Dujia, head of the China Vaccine Industry Association. “Corona 19 is a global infectious disease, so other countries must also track it.”
The newspaper also reported that there is evidence that the virus was discovered before the first Corona 19 was reported in Wuhan in the United States, Spain, Italy, France, Brazil, and India. In the meantime, Chinese experts commented that “the United States, which has the highest number of WHO infected and dead, should be investigated.”
The Chinese government also bolstered the arguments of experts. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Won-bin said at a regular briefing, “In the second half of 2019, reports of the appearance of (Corona 19) in many parts of the world are increasing. This reflects the urgent need for similar research in other countries and regions. I said.
He added, “We hope that related countries will invite WHO experts to conduct research with an attitude of active cooperation like China, and contribute to international cooperation and realization of human health community.”
Reporter Seok-Hyun Ko [email protected]
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