A group of international scientists is once more calling for a 'comprehensive international investigation' into the origins of COVID-19.
: whether the virus emerged from natural animal spillover, or whether it came from an accidental lab experiment leak in Wuhan, China.Women wearing face masks printed with a slogan for the Beijing Winter Olympics Games take a selfie with a decoration for the Winter Olympics Games in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, on Jan. 20, 2022.
The WHO's first phase study into COVID-19's origins, which deemed a lab leak"extremely unlikely," facedon issues of access and transparency. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there was more work to be done and the assessment had not been"extensive enough." Without a fresh flow of that robust information, the debate over COVID-19's origins has remained shrouded in a haze of circumstantial evidence.
U.S. Department of Defense officials pushed firmly back on the accusation, calling it"misinformation and disinformation," and Chad Sbragia, the then-Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for China, called claims that the virus began with a U.S. Army service member"patently false and, frankly, unhelpful."Room service is delivered in a hazmat suit at one of the designated Olympic family hotels inside the Closed Loop system ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Feb.
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