The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged China to provide more information regarding the origins of COVID-19 and is prepared to send a second investigative team to explore this matter, according to a report by the Financial Times.
In an interview with the newspaper, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus emphasized the importance of obtaining full access to relevant data and investigations. He also encouraged other countries to raise this issue during their bilateral meetings with China in an effort to promote cooperation.
The call for transparency on COVID-19’s origins comes at a time when health authorities and pharmaceutical companies worldwide are working tirelessly to update vaccines to combat emerging coronavirus variants.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has consistently advocated for China to share essential information about the virus’s origins, emphasizing that all possible hypotheses must be explored until a conclusive understanding is reached.
COVID-19 was initially identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. There has been widespread speculation that the virus may have originated in a live animal market in the city before spreading globally, leading to the loss of nearly 7 million lives worldwide.
