China has tried to deflect blame for the coronavirus pandemic that has infected almost 11 million worldwide, saying it started in another nation.
Senior government health adviser Wang Guangfa referenced research in Barcelona which detected COVID-19 in a wastewater sample from March 2019 to suggest any investigation into its origins should look at Spain, reportsIt comes ahead of a World Health Organisation “scoping mission” to China next week which aims to establish a platform to trace the emergence of the killer virus which has now claimed more than 500,000 deaths globally.
Chief epidemiologist for the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention told state-tun Global Times: “Identifying the source of the coronavirus must be based on negotiations and involve multiple countries. The WHO team will see an animal health expert and an epidemiologist travel to China to “set up an international mission” to explore COVID-19’s origins.
The search for how the pandemic started has centred around Wuhan’s Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which had links to many of the first reported cases.
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