Sunday, May 3, 2020

China Stops WHO from Joining Virus Investigation, Refuses To Hand Over Lab Logs

The World Health Organization has been denied its requests to participate in the investigation into the coronavirus' origins, according to a WHO representative in China.

Dr. Gauden Galea told Sky News that although there is a national investigation happening, the organization has yet to be invited to join.

"The origins of virus are very important, the animal-human interface is extremely important and needs to be studied."

The WHO has also not been able to investigate logs from the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Wuhan CDC, the two laboratories working with viruses in Wuhan, China, Galea said.

These logs are necessary to understand the origin of the virus and "Would need to be part of any full report," according to Galea.

China has been adamant that the investigation into the virus' origins should be done by scientists, not as part of an independent public inquiry - as countries like Australia have requested.

Galea said the WHO suspected there would be human-to-human transmission, but the cases reported and investigations did not confirm that.

https://www.westernjournal.com/report-china-stops-joining-virus-investigation-refuses-hand-lab-logs/

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