Geneva: WHO on Thursday urges China to share raw data from the earliest Covid-19 case to revive the probe from Pandemic – and release information to overcome the theory of controversial lab leaks.
The World Health Organization stressed that “very important” to uncover the origin of the worst pandemic in a century, which has killed at least 4.3 million people and beat the global economy since the first virus was detected in the city of China Wuhan in December 2019.
In the face of pushbacks From Beijing, the UN health agency called for the provision of “all data and access needed so that a series of subsequent studies can begin as soon as possible”.
After many delays, international experts went to Wuhan in January 2021 to produce the first phase report, written in conjunction with their Chinese colleagues.
March report they did not draw firm conclusions, instead of ranked four hypotheses.
It is said that the virus that jumps from bats to humans through intermediaries is the most likely scenario, while leakage from the Wuhan virology lab is “very impossible”.
However, investigations face criticism because of lack of transparency and access, and because it does not evaluate the theory of Lab leaks deeper – with the United States raising pressure from that time.
A WHO called last month for the second stage of investigation to enter an audit in the Beijing angry Wuhan lab, with fitness minister Zeng Yixin said the plan showed “disrespect for common sense and vanity against science”.
– Critical data access: WHO – in a statement about the increase in phase of two studies, which insist on the search is not “practice in blaming politics”.
“The next study series will include further examination of raw data from the earliest and sera cases from the initial potential case in 2019,” said the UN agency.
“Access to data is critically important to develop our understanding of science.” Who said he was working with several countries that reported SARS-COV-2 detection in a sample of the 2019 biologist specimens stored.
For example, he said, in Italy, has facilitated independent evaluations by international laboratories, which includes re-testing of pre-pandemic blood samples.
“Sharing raw data and giving permission for re-testing samples in the Laboratory outside Italy reflects the best scientific solidarity and is no different from what we suggest all countries, including China, to support that we can advance studies quickly and effectively,” said WHO.
The TeorisaFter leak leak reads the phase of the report, the head of Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus concluded that the probe to the Wuhan Virological Lab was not far enough.
Long was lowered as the theory of right-wing conspiracy and hardly rejected by Beijing, the hypothesis has gained momentum.
It was a favorite under former US President Donald Trump, but his replacement Joe Biden also wanted to see this inquiry line chasing.
“China and a number of other member countries have written to who is about the basis for further study of the SARS-COV-2 lab hypothesis’,” WHO said.
“They also suggest studies from being politicized, or who have acted due to political pressure.” To overcome the ‘hypothesis of his labor’, it is important to have access to all data and consider scientific practices and see it the mechanism that already has a mission to Wuhan, said an infected lab employee when taking samples in the field falling under one of the possible hypotheses about how the virus passed From bats to humans and the only people who tend to approach them are workers from Wuhan lab.
He also revealed that up to 48 hours before the end of the mission, international scientists and China could still even agree to mention the lab theory in the report.