March 31, 2021

14 Countries Voice Concern Over Independence Of WHO's COVID-19 Study-Devex

Following the publication of a long-anticipated World Health Organization study into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, 14 countries issued a statement Tuesday raising concerns over its independence, arguing it was “significantly delayed and lacked access to complete, original data and samples.” The study examined questions such as whether the coronavirus originated in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China. It also investigated the types of animal hosts that could have carried the virus, studied whether the virus entered Wuhan within frozen food, and looked into the theory that the virus had been leaked from a Wuhan Institute of Virology laboratory. It also examined whether or not the virus had existed in humans before December 2019. Devex, 03/30/2021