The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to share data regarding the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, marking the fifth anniversary of its emergence in Wuhan. While many scientists believe the virus jumped from animals to humans, some suspect a lab leak. China has refuted the lab leak theory.
The World Health Organization has urged China to share data on the origins of the Covid pandemic, five years on from its start in the city of Wuhan .
Many scientists think the virus transferred naturally from animals to humans, but some suspicions persist that it escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan. "Five years ago on 31 December 2019, WHO's Country Office in China picked up a media statement by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission from their website on cases of 'viral pneumonia' in Wuhan, China," the organisation said.
"By 9-12 January, WHO had published its first set of comprehensive guidance for countries, and on 13 January, we brought together partners to publish the blueprint of the first Sars-CoV-2 laboratory test," it added.
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