Coronavirus found on imported squid packaging in China
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus found on imported squid packaging in China

India Today  

Authorities in China’s northeastern Jilin province have found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of imported squid, health authorities in the city of Fuyu said on Sunday, urging anyone who may have bought it to get themselves tested. One of the packages had arrived in the city via the provincial capital Changchun, Fuyu city’s health office said on its official WeChat account on Sunday. It asked people who had bought and eaten imported squid at the local Sanjia Deda frozen seafood wholesale shop Aug 24-31 to report to neighbourhood authorities and seek a Covid test. The Changchun Covid-19 prevention office said the squid had been imported from Russia by a company in Hunchun city and brought to the provincial capital.

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Covid very likely came from a Chinese lab leak and there was 'obviously' a cover-up by Beijing, British expert says
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Covid very likely came from a Chinese lab leak and there was 'obviously' a cover-up by Beijing, British expert says

Daily Mail  

Covid most likely came from a lab leak in China and its origins were 'obviously' the subject of a cover-up by Beijing, a top British epidemiologist has said. Covid-19 emerged in Wuhan, central China, with differing theories among scientists over whether it could have come from the Wuhan Institute of Virology or a wet market in the region. Covid-19 emerged …

New analysis of Wuhan market samples reveal 'specific species' potential carriers of COVID-19 virus
3 months, 2 weeks ago

New analysis of Wuhan market samples reveal 'specific species' potential carriers of COVID-19 virus

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Along with raccoon dogs, considered a prime suspect for passing on the COVID-19 virus to humans, civet cats and bamboo rats are among a list of potential 'intermediate' host animals that were sold at Wuhan's seafood market -- the pandemic's epicentre -- and may have served as a conduit for the pathogen, according to a new study.Bamboo rats, …

New study suggests possibility humans introduced COVID-19 to animals
1 year, 9 months ago

New study suggests possibility humans introduced COVID-19 to animals

China Daily  

Humans infected by the COVID-19 virus may have introduced the novel coronavirus to susceptible animals at the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, Hubei province, where the first COVID-19 cases were reported, Chinese researchers said on Saturday. Tong Yigang, dean of the College of Life Science and Technology at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, said in a press briefing that no …

‘Not lying, truth is…’: Scientist who found Wuhan Covid data speaks out
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Not lying, truth is…’: Scientist who found Wuhan Covid data speaks out

Hindustan Times  

A scientist from Paris stumbled upon Covid genetic data which was taken from swabs taken at the Huanan seafood market in China's Wuhan just weeks after the virus first emerged. The data suddenly vanished from public view later but the accidental discovery led to confirmation for the first time that animals susceptible to Covid were present at the Wuhan market. …

Three years later, what we know: How did COVID start?
1 year, 9 months ago

Three years later, what we know: How did COVID start?

Al Jazeera  

Three years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, questions linger about the origins of the virus that shut down borders, forced humanity into their homes, battered economies and killed millions of people. In early February, the US Department of Energy’s intelligence agency said with “low confidence” that it believed the virus originated from …

Covid-19 'most likely' leaked from Chinese government controlled lab in Wuhan, says FBI director
1 year, 10 months ago

Covid-19 'most likely' leaked from Chinese government controlled lab in Wuhan, says FBI director

Firstpost  

Washington: Covid-19 pandemic “most likely” originated from a Chinese government controlled lab in Wuhan, said FBI Director Christopher Wray. ‘Covid origin likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan’ In an interview to Fox News, Wray said: “The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan.” …

Covid 'most likely' leaked from China-controlled lab: FBI director's assertion
1 year, 10 months ago

Covid 'most likely' leaked from China-controlled lab: FBI director's assertion

Hindustan Times  

The Covid virus most likely leaked from a lab in Wuhan in China, FBI director Christopher Wray said. "The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in Wuhan," Christopher Wray told Fox News in an interview. ”And that's unfortunate for everybody," he added, saying that the …

Lack of info on China’s explosive COVID-19 outbreak stirs global concern
2 years ago

Lack of info on China’s explosive COVID-19 outbreak stirs global concern

LA Times  

The U.S., Japan and other countries are concerned that the Chinese government may not inform the rest of the world quickly enough about new variants. Moves by several countries to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak — and that the government may not inform the …

Covid-19 cases in the US surpass 100 million, says report
2 years ago

Covid-19 cases in the US surpass 100 million, says report

Firstpost  

According to health officials in China, Chinese cities are currently hit by the highly transmissible Omicron strains, mainly BA.5.2 and BF.7 Washington: The number of Covid-19 cases registered in the US since the start of the pandemic in early 2020 exceeded a staggering 100 million, Johns Hopkins University has said, amid a sharp spike in caseloads globally and the WHO …

Covid cases explode in Beijing leaving city streets empty and daily life disrupted
2 years ago

Covid cases explode in Beijing leaving city streets empty and daily life disrupted

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. China’s new Covid rules significantly rolled back the testing requirements that once dominated daily life, and residents have instead shifted to using antigen tests at home, when …

China grapples with a rash of coronavirus infections after easing its strict controls
2 years, 1 month ago

China grapples with a rash of coronavirus infections after easing its strict controls

LA Times  

A rash of COVID-19 cases in schools and businesses was reported by social media users Friday across China after the ruling Communist Party loosened anti-virus rules as it tries to reverse a deepening economic slump. “There’s very few people coming in because there’s so many cases,” said Gang Xueping, a waitress in a Beijing restaurant. Half of the company’s people …

COVID-19 virus may survive for 30 days on refrigerated, frozen meat, finds study
2 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19 virus may survive for 30 days on refrigerated, frozen meat, finds study

Firstpost  

The research, recently published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, was conducted using chicken, beef, pork, and salmon, and surrogate viruses with spikes similar to those on SARS-CoV-2 Washington: The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, may survive on meat and fish products in the refrigerator or the freezer for up to 30 days, a study suggests. The research, recently …

Beijing locals buy fridges, stockpile food after Shanghai residents warn COVID outbreak will 'get serious'
2 years, 8 months ago

Beijing locals buy fridges, stockpile food after Shanghai residents warn COVID outbreak will 'get serious'

ABC  

Max Wan ordered a second fridge earlier this week and plans to stuff it with food for himself and his pets. Despite their warning, Mr Wan said he was not panicking about food shortages similar to what happened in Shanghai, but he thought it would be "wise" to buy a new fridge. He said many Beijing residents were also stockpiling …

China sees record cases in March as Shanghai expands lockdown
2 years, 9 months ago

China sees record cases in March as Shanghai expands lockdown

Hindustan Times  

China logged a record number of domestic Covid-19 cases in March, health authorities said on Tuesday, even as the financial hub of Shanghai expands its lockdown in an attempt to curb rising infections. China logged more than 70,000 domestic Covid-19 cases in March, the National Health Commission said, the largest number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic in …

COVID cases more than double in China’s biggest outbreak since pandemic’s early days
2 years, 9 months ago

COVID cases more than double in China’s biggest outbreak since pandemic’s early days

LA Times  

China’s new coronavirus cases Tuesday more than doubled from the previous day as the country faces its biggest outbreak by far since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. A fast-spreading variant dubbed the “stealth Omicron” is testing China’s zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy, which had kept the virus at bay since the deadly initial outbreak in the city of Wuhan in …

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
2 years, 9 months ago

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now

Hindustan Times  

Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Health workers tests for Covid outside of a clothing market in Shanghai, China. China's local symptomatic Covid-19 cases nearly double Mainland China reported 402 locally transmitted Covid-19 infections with confirmed symptoms for March 9, official data showed on Thursday, nearly doubling from the daily count a day earlier. Hong …

COVID-19 spread through animals or leaked from Wuhan lab? US intel fails to determine origins
3 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 spread through animals or leaked from Wuhan lab? US intel fails to determine origins

India TV News  

Barring an unforeseen breakthrough, intelligence agencies won’t be able to conclude whether COVID-19 was spread by animal-to-human transmission or leaked from a lab, officials said Friday in releasing a fuller version of their review into the origins of the pandemic. The full report notes that the Wuhan Institute of Virology “previously created chimeras, or combinations, of SARS-like coronaviruses, but this …

Negative in 9 Covid tests, man may be source of new outbreak in China
3 years, 3 months ago

Negative in 9 Covid tests, man may be source of new outbreak in China

Hindustan Times  

A Chinese national who completed 28 days in quarantine including three weeks at a centralised isolation, after returning from Singapore and tested negative for nine nucleic acid and one serum tests during the four weeks, has been identified as the likely source of the new Covid-19 outbreak spreading in eastern China’s Fujian province. A Chinese national who completed 28 days …

Covid-19 outbreak hits eastern China; Putian city sealed off, travel restricted
3 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 outbreak hits eastern China; Putian city sealed off, travel restricted

Hindustan Times  

The city of Putian in the province of Fujian in China has been virtually sealed off with residents advised not to leave after 20 new Covid-19 cases were reported on Sunday for the day before, health authorities have said. Medical workers give thumbs-up to their colleagues leaving to help during an outbreak of Covid-19 in Putian from a provincial hospital …

Coronavirus carrying animals sold at Wuhan wet markets for years, finds study
3 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus carrying animals sold at Wuhan wet markets for years, finds study

India TV News  

Animals known as carriers of coronaviruses were sold at local wet markets for years, finds a new study supporting the theory that the Covid-19 is the result of virus jumping from animals to humans. Researchers from the Chinese government's Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation, the University of Oxford in the UK and the University of British Columbia …

China seals Zhangjiajie city as its worst coronavirus outbreak in a year intensifies
3 years, 5 months ago

China seals Zhangjiajie city as its worst coronavirus outbreak in a year intensifies

India Today  

China's worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic one-and-a-half-year ago escalated Wednesday with dozens more cases around the country, the sealing-off of one city and the punishment of its local leaders. Since that initial outbreak was tamed last year, China's people had lived virtually free of the virus, with extremely strict border controls and local distancing and quarantine …

China's Wuhan to test 'all residents' for COVID-19 as virus makes comeback after a year
3 years, 5 months ago

China's Wuhan to test 'all residents' for COVID-19 as virus makes comeback after a year

India TV News  

All residents in China's Wuhan will now be tested for COVID-19, authorities in the city said on Tuesday. The development comes after reports said the highly contagious Delta variant of the COVID-19 has spread to 18 provinces of China, with fresh cases emerging in capital Beijing on Sunday. Speaking at a press conference, senior Wuhan official Li Tao Tuesday said …

Beijing reports first Covid case in 179 days as alarm grows over Nanjing Delta cluster
3 years, 5 months ago

Beijing reports first Covid case in 179 days as alarm grows over Nanjing Delta cluster

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Beijing recorded its first Covid-19 case in nearly six months on Wednesday, as Chinese authorities scramble to prevent the spread of the Delta variant amid an outbreaklinked to an airportin the populous eastern city of Nanjing. Though the latest nationwide count marks a slight drop from the 86 cases recorded Tuesday – the highest single day …

WHO proposes fresh coronavirus mission to China and lab audits
3 years, 5 months ago

WHO proposes fresh coronavirus mission to China and lab audits

India Today  

The World Health Organization on Friday proposed a second phase of studies into the origins of the coronavirus in China, including audits of laboratories and markets in Wuhan, calling for transparency from authorities. Phase two work would require studies of humans, wildlife and animal markets in Wuhan, including Huanan wholesale market, he said in remarks released by the agency. It …

Not December, first case of Covid-19 could have emerged as early as October 2019: Study
3 years, 6 months ago

Not December, first case of Covid-19 could have emerged as early as October 2019: Study

India Today  

The world first came to know about a mysterious outbreak in China on the New Year eve of 2020. Now, a new study claims that the virus that causes Covid-19 started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before it was first reported in Wuhan province. The first official case of Covid-19 reported in China was in …

G7 leaders discuss Wuhan lab leak theory behind COVID-19 pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

G7 leaders discuss Wuhan lab leak theory behind COVID-19 pandemic

The Hindu  

World leaders gathered at the G7 Summit in Cornwall discussed the possibility that a laboratory leak in central China's Wuhan city may have a connection with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the World Health Organisation chief saying all hypotheses behind the origins of the deadly disease remain in play. UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that officials "compared …

Top official says WHO cannot force China to give more information on origin of Covid-19
3 years, 7 months ago

Top official says WHO cannot force China to give more information on origin of Covid-19

India Today  

A top World Health Organisation official said on Monday that the WHO cannot compel China to divulge more data on Covid-19’s origins, while adding it will propose studies needed to take understanding of where the virus emerged to the “next level”. Pressed by a reporter on how the WHO will “compel” China into being more open, Mike Ryan, director of …

British intelligence believes Covid-19 lab leak theory 'feasible': Report
3 years, 7 months ago

British intelligence believes Covid-19 lab leak theory 'feasible': Report

India Today  

British intelligence agencies now believe it is "feasible" that the Covid-19 pandemic began with a coronavirus leak from a Chinese bio laboratory, a media report said on Sunday, prompting Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi to demand that the WHO must fully investigate the origins of the deadly virus. Last week, US President Joe Biden ordered the US intelligence agencies to "redouble" …

China says ‘politicising’ COVID origins impedes investigation
3 years, 7 months ago

China says ‘politicising’ COVID origins impedes investigation

Al Jazeera  

Politicising the origins of COVID-19 would hamper further investigations and undermine global efforts to curb the pandemic, the Chinese embassy in the United States said after President Joe Biden ordered a review of US intelligence about how and where the virus first emerged. Biden said on Wednesday that US intelligence agencies were divided about whether COVID-19 “emerged from human contact …

Coronavirus intentionally released, Chinese govt leading misinformation campaign: Dr Le-Meng Yan| Interview
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus intentionally released, Chinese govt leading misinformation campaign: Dr Le-Meng Yan| Interview

India Today  

In the backdrop of media reports referring to documents obtained by the US State Department alleging that Chinese military scientists investigated weaponising coronaviruses five years before the Covid-19 pandemic and may have predicted a World War III fought with biological weapons, India Today's Gaurav Sawant speaks to Chinese virologist Dr Le-Meng Yan on the issue. Dr Yan: Yes, this document …

WHO Covid-19 origin study delayed, lacked access: US, 13 countries express concern
3 years, 9 months ago

WHO Covid-19 origin study delayed, lacked access: US, 13 countries express concern

India Today  

The United States and 13 other countries expressed concerns on Tuesday that the World Health Organization report on the origins of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was delayed and lacked access to complete data, according to a joint statement. "It is equally essential that we voice our shared concerns that the international expert study on the source of the …

Covid-19 origin: WHO expert says wildlife trade most likely pathway for coronavirus to arrive in Wuhan
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19 origin: WHO expert says wildlife trade most likely pathway for coronavirus to arrive in Wuhan

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — The wildlife trade in China is the most likelypathway through which Covid-19 was able to spread from the original animal source, possibly bats, to humans, according to one of the authors of a long-awaited World Health Organization report on the origin of the virus. The report, expected to be released on Tuesday after repeated delays, will …

WHO draft report: Coronavirus likely came from animal, not a lab
3 years, 9 months ago

WHO draft report: Coronavirus likely came from animal, not a lab

CNN  

CNN — Covid-19 probably came to people through an animal, and likely started spreading no more than a month or two before it was noticed in December of 2019, a World Health Organization draft report finds. The report says this is “extremely unlikely.” “There is no record of viruses closely related to SARS-CoV-2 in any laboratory before December 2019, or …

Covid probably emerged from wildlife trade, not a lab, say WHO experts
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid probably emerged from wildlife trade, not a lab, say WHO experts

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy World Health Organisation scientists say …

I was the Australian doctor on the WHO's COVID-19 mission to China. Here's what we found about the origins of the coronavirus
3 years, 10 months ago

I was the Australian doctor on the WHO's COVID-19 mission to China. Here's what we found about the origins of the coronavirus

ABC  

As I write, I am in hotel quarantine in Sydney, after returning from Wuhan, China. Animal origins, but not necessarily at the Wuhan markets It was in Wuhan, in central China, that the virus, now called SARS-CoV-2, emerged in December 2019, unleashing the greatest infectious disease outbreak since the 1918-19 influenza pandemic. Why the origins of COVID-19 may stay a …

Coronavirus's origins may remain a mystery as the WHO leaves China with more questions than answers
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus's origins may remain a mystery as the WHO leaves China with more questions than answers

ABC  

Some experts are questioning the purpose of the World Health Organization's coronavirus investigative mission to China, which wrapped up this week after months of diplomatic tension with no clarity on how the virus began. "They quickly dismissed possible unnatural origins, which was expected, given the political sensitivities, not just for China, but for the world," Raina MacIntyre, an infectious disease …

China refusing to share raw data on early Covid cases from Wuhan wet market, says WHO team
3 years, 10 months ago

China refusing to share raw data on early Covid cases from Wuhan wet market, says WHO team

India Today  

China refused to give raw data on early Covid-19 cases to a World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of the pandemic, one of the team's investigators said, potentially complicating efforts to understand how the outbreak began. The team had requested raw patient data on 174 cases that China had identified from the early phase of the outbreak in the …

'Australian Beef' May be the Source of Covid-19, Not Wuhan Wet-Food Market, WHO Team Finds
3 years, 10 months ago

'Australian Beef' May be the Source of Covid-19, Not Wuhan Wet-Food Market, WHO Team Finds

News 18  

It’s been well over a year since the Coronavirus broke out and was first reported in China’s Wuhan Province. According to a report in Daily Mail, the WHO investigators have backed the ruling Communist Party’s claims that “cold-chain products” such as Australian beef, may have caused the initial outbreak. But the report will arm the critics of WHO, who always …

EXPLAINER: What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan
3 years, 10 months ago

EXPLAINER: What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan

Associated Press  

WUHAN, China — A World Health Organization team has left China after gaining some new insights into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 2.3 million people — but with the major questions still unanswered. Here’s a look at the theories the team explored during their visit: THE BATS The mission to Wuhan did not change …

WHO team probing COVID-19 outbreak says virus unlikely to have leaked from Chinese lab
3 years, 10 months ago

WHO team probing COVID-19 outbreak says virus unlikely to have leaked from Chinese lab

Firstpost  

The team found no proof of the disease spreading earlier than the initial outbreak in the second half of December 2019. The coronavirus most likely first appeared in humans after jumping from an animal, a team of international and Chinese scientists looking for the origins of COVID-19 said Tuesday, saying an alternate theory that the virus leaked from a Chinese …

WHO team: Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab
3 years, 10 months ago

WHO team: Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab

Associated Press  

WUHAN, China — The coronavirus most likely first appeared in humans after jumping from an animal, a team of international and Chinese scientists looking for the origins of COVID-19 said Tuesday, saying an alternate theory that the virus leaked from a Chinese lab was unlikely. A closely watched visit by World Health Organization experts to Wuhan — the Chinese city …

China seizes on lack of WHO breakthrough in Wuhan to claim coronavirus vindication
3 years, 10 months ago

China seizes on lack of WHO breakthrough in Wuhan to claim coronavirus vindication

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Reading Chinese state media coverage, you could be forgiven for thinking the World Health Organization’s investigation into the origins of Covid-19 had ruled out Wuhan as the potential source of the pandemic. Absolutely.” State media’s take Chinese state media used comments from the fiercely apolitical scientists to vindicate various propaganda priorities, chief of which is the …

Coronavirus | SARS-CoV-2 ‘unlikely’ to have leaked from lab, says WHO team
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus | SARS-CoV-2 ‘unlikely’ to have leaked from lab, says WHO team

The Hindu  

The SARS-CoV-2 virus was unlikely to have leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan and the evidence pointed to natural origins, according to a World Health Organisation and China joint expert team that concluded a visit to Wuhan, where the COVID-19 pandemic began. The team also concluded there was no indication of the virus being spread among the population there prior …

'Inconclusive Evidence' Of Covid-19 Virus In China's Wuhan Prior To Dec 2019, Finds WHO Investigation
3 years, 11 months ago

'Inconclusive Evidence' Of Covid-19 Virus In China's Wuhan Prior To Dec 2019, Finds WHO Investigation

ABP News  

New Delhi: In an unexpected revelation, the World Health Organisation on Wednesday said that its team did not find conclusive evidence of large outbreaks that could be related to Coronavirus prior to December 2019 in China's Wuhan, which was earlier considered epicentre of Covid-19 outbreak. Head of the WHO mission Ben Embarek said that the team found evidence of wider …

WHO team in Wuhan says coronavirus source ‘remains unidentified’
3 years, 11 months ago

WHO team in Wuhan says coronavirus source ‘remains unidentified’

Al Jazeera  

Experts also say there was no substantial spread of SARS-COV-2 in Wuhan before the late 2019 outbreak. “Our initial findings suggest that the introduction through an intermediary host species is the most likely pathway and one that will require more studies and more specific, targeted research,” Embarek said. “However, the findings suggest that the laboratory incidents hypothesis is extremely unlikely …

Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab, WHO team says
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab, WHO team says

LA Times  

Peter Ben Embarek of the World Health Organization team holds a chart showing pathways of transmission of the virus during a news conference Tuesday. Yet one of the experts said they’d been able to see “every place we asked to see, everyone we wanted to meet,” including visits to the Huanan Seafood Market that was suspected as the initial outbreak …

Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab, most likely jumped to human via intermediary species: WHO
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab, most likely jumped to human via intermediary species: WHO

India Today  

A World Health Organisation expert said Tuesday the coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and most probably jumped to humans via an intermediary species. WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek made the assessment in a summation of a WHO team's investigation into the possible origins of the coronavirus in the central Chinese …

World Health Organization team in China says COVID-19 probably came from animals, but no evidence it originated in bats
3 years, 11 months ago

World Health Organization team in China says COVID-19 probably came from animals, but no evidence it originated in bats

ABC  

The World Health Organization team in the Chinese city of Wuhan says viruses similar to SARS-CoV-2 can be found in many animals, but they have been unable to find direct evidence of animal-human transmission. Key points: Bats and pangolins could possibly be the reservoir due to high similarities of genetic sequence But there was no evidence to suggest their coronavirus …

China reports no new local coronavirus case for first time in nearly 2 months
3 years, 11 months ago

China reports no new local coronavirus case for first time in nearly 2 months

India Today  

China reported no new locally transmitted mainland COVID-19 case for the first time in nearly two months, official data showed on Monday, adding to signs that it has managed to stamp out the latest wave of the disease. The total number of COVID-19 cases rose slightly to 14 on Feb. 7 from 12 a day earlier, the National Health Commission …

WHO team investigating coronavirus in Wuhan says meetings have been frank
3 years, 11 months ago

WHO team investigating coronavirus in Wuhan says meetings have been frank

LA Times  

World Health Organization investigators looking for clues to the origin of the coronavirus in Wuhan said that the Chinese side has provided a high level of cooperation, but cautioned against expecting immediate results from the visit. In an earlier tweet, zoologist and fellow WHO team member Peter Daszak praised meetings held Wednesday with staff at the key Wuhan Institute of …

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