WHO accuses China of hiding data on coronavirus’ origin
The World Health Organisation rebuked Chinese officials for withholding scientific research that may reveal the origin of the coronavirus.
The World Health Organisation rebuked Chinese officials for withholding scientific research that may reveal the origin of the coronavirus.
The deadly Covid-19 pandemic may have originated in raccoon dogs from the Wuhan market in China, according to an international…
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday confirmed that the Covid-19 pandemic originated from a lab incident in Wuhan, China.
It is also unclear if Sachs believes Covid originated in the US or was borne out of a collaboration between American and Chinese scientists in Wuhan.
The people of Wuhan are bracing for the second outbreak of Covid19 and it is fervently to be hoped that virus shall not spread further afield.
Besides the six new Wuhan cases, virus clusters have appeared in recent weeks in the northeastern provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang, which border Russia.
Wuhan has reported 3,869 deaths since the novel coronavirus first emerged there in December, accounting for most fatalities in the country, while the Mainland China reported 82,919 positive cases of COVID-19 with 4,633 fatalities, so far.
The response of Chinese scientists is to point out that in the USA as well as in Europe there are about a dozen such labs in operation or construction so why should not China’s scientists aspire for equal levels of scientific advances?
Most scientists believe the new virus jumped from animals to humans, with suspicion around a market in Wuhan that sold wildlife for meat.
As of Sunday, the overall confirmed cases in the Chinese mainland reached 82,880 with 481 still undergoing treatment.
