World Health Organization (WHO) is still working to identify the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, its director general said on Friday, after a U.S.
agency was reported to have assessed the pandemic had likely been caused by a Chinese laboratory leak. Read more: Did COVID-19 come from a Chinese lab?
Why a new U.S. report is renewing questions “I have written to and spoken with high-level Chinese leaders on multiple occasions as recently as just a few weeks ago… all hypotheses on the origins of the virus remain on the table,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that the U.S.
Energy Department had concluded the pandemic likely arose from a Chinese laboratory leak, an assessment Beijing denies.“I wish to be very clear that WHO has not abandoned any plans to identify the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Tedros said.The U.S.