Coronavirus origin investigation

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo/BSS
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WHO chief expects collaboration of China, others on virus origins follow-up

Speaking at a Geneva-based event on trade and Covid-19, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that he hoped that the next phase of studies would begin as soon as possible

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WHO seeks to take political heat out of virus origins debate

Men walk past a banner hung on the ticket office of the Beijing Zoo that is closed following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country, in Beijing, China February 10, 2020. The Chinese characters on the banner read, "Stay focused and united, have faith and confidence, with scientific prevention and control, we can beat the epidemic". REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
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China wildlife crackdown needs more teeth - Experts

Peter Ben Embarek, and other members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), arrive at the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
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US, 13 countries concerned WHO Covid-19 origin study was delayed, lacked access - statement

Members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, leave an exhibition on how China fought the coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, January 30, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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US, WHO push China for data from early days of contagion

Members of the World Health Organization team chat on a hotel room balcony in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. The World Health Organization team of researchers emerged from their hotel Thursday for the first time since their arrival in the central Chinese city of Wuhan to start searching for clues into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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WHO team visits Wuhan hospital that took in first Covid-19 patients