CNBC/Reuters: China rejects WHO plan for study into Covid-19 origin
* The WHO this month proposed a second phase of studies into the origins of the coronavirus in China, including audits of laboratories and markets in the city of Wuhan, calling for transparency from authorities.
* “We will not accept such an origins-tracing plan as it, in some aspects, disregards common sense and defies science,” said Zeng Yixin, vice minister of the National Health Commission (NHC).
* In May, U.S. President Joe Biden ordered aides to find answers to questions over the origin saying that U.S. intelligence agencies were pursuing rival theories potentially including the possibility of a laboratory accident in China.
China rejected on Thursday a World Health Organization (WHO) plan for a second phase of an investigation into the origin of the coronavirus, which includes the hypothesis it could have escaped from a Chinese laboratory, a top health official said.
The WHO this month proposed a second phase of studies into the origins of the coronavirus in China, including audits of laboratories and markets in the city of Wuhan, calling for transparency from authorities.
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WNU Editor: Am I surprised that China has said no? No. But I am surprised that people are surprised that China has said no.
Here is the official Beijing response .... China says WHO's plan to focus on lab leak lacks common sense (CGTN).
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