US and China clash at WHO over scientific mission in Wuhan

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The United States called on China on Monday (Jan 18) to allow an expert team from the World Health Organization (WHO) to interview 'care givers, ...

A general view shows the Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, where the first cluster of cases of the coronavirus disease emerged, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, Jan 15, 2021. GENEVA: The United States called on China on Monday to allow an expert team from the World Health Organization to interview"care givers, former patients and lab workers" in the central city of Wuhan, drawing a rebuke from Beijing.

Garrett Grigsby of the Department of Health and Human Services, who heads the US delegation, said China should share all scientific studies into animal, human and environmental samples taken from a market in Wuhan, where the SARS-CoV-2 virus is believed to have emerged in late 2019. Sun Yang, director-general of the health emergency response office of China's National Health Commission, told the board:"The virus origin studies are of a scientific nature. It needs coordination, cooperation. We must stop any political pressure."

 

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