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Experts on WHO team say search for COVID origins has stalled
3 years, 3 months ago

Experts on WHO team say search for COVID origins has stalled

Associated Press  

LONDON — The international scientists dispatched to China by the World Health Organization to find out where the coronavirus came from said Wednesday the search has stalled and warned that the window of opportunity for solving the mystery is “closing fast.” Meanwhile, a U.S. intelligence review ordered up by President Joe Biden proved inconclusive about the virus’s origin, including whether …

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WHO team spent 4 hours at Wuhan lab, an hour at wet market to probe Covid origin: Key facts
3 years, 8 months ago

WHO team spent 4 hours at Wuhan lab, an hour at wet market to probe Covid origin: Key facts

India Today  

A team commissioned by the World Health Organization to investigate the source of the coronavirus in Wuhan in January concluded that it was "extremely unlikely" that the pathogen originated in a top-security lab in the ground-zero Chinese city. Here are some key facts about the Wuhan Institute of Virology's lab: HIGH SECURITY The institute houses a lab with a biosafety …

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The Hindu Explains | What has the WHO team’s field visit to China thrown up regarding the spread of SARS-CoV-2?
3 years, 10 months ago

The Hindu Explains | What has the WHO team’s field visit to China thrown up regarding the spread of SARS-CoV-2?

The Hindu  

The story so far: After several months of delay, concerns over access, and bickering between China and the U.S., a 17-member team from the World Health Organisation began a field visit on January 29, 2021, to unearth the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that has so far spread to over 108 million people and killed nearly 2.4 million people across …

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China refused to provide WHO team with raw data on early COVID cases, team member says
3 years, 10 months ago

China refused to provide WHO team with raw data on early COVID cases, team member says

The Hindu  

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

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WHO team in Wuhan says coronavirus source ‘remains unidentified’
3 years, 10 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 …

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Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab, WHO team says
3 years, 10 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 …

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WHO team investigating coronavirus in Wuhan says meetings have been frank
3 years, 10 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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Coronavirus | WHO team visits Wuhan virus lab at centre of speculation
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus | WHO team visits Wuhan virus lab at centre of speculation

The Hindu  

World Health Organisation investigators on Wednesday visited a research centre in the Chinese city of Wuhan that has been the subject of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus, with one member saying they intended to meet key staff and press them on critical issues. Uniformed and plainclothes security guards stood watch along the facility’s gated front entrance, but there …

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WHO team visits Wuhan research lab - center of speculation over origins of coronavirus
3 years, 10 months ago

WHO team visits Wuhan research lab - center of speculation over origins of coronavirus

India TV News  

World Health Organization investigators on Wednesday visited a research center in the Chinese city of Wuhan that has been the subject of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus. Uniformed and plainclothes security guards stood to watch amid thick morning fog, but there was no sign of the protective suits team members had donned Tuesday during a visit to an …

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WHO team investigates the origins of COVID-19 in China, one year later
3 years, 10 months ago

WHO team investigates the origins of COVID-19 in China, one year later

Firstpost  

China has stifled independent reports about the outbreak at home and published little information on its research into the origins of the virus. The virus that is the closest known relative of the one that causes COVID-19 has been found in bats in a mine shaft nearly 1,000 miles southwest of Wuhan, near China’s border with Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. …

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WHO team investigating pandemic visits wet market, receives flu data
3 years, 10 months ago

WHO team investigating pandemic visits wet market, receives flu data

CNN  

CNN — A team of World Health Organization investigators in China researching the origins of the coronavirus tell CNN they now have months of Chinese influenza data which might contain vital clues as to the early spread of the virus. “But it could also be that other places had the same role, and that one was just picked because some …

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WHO team visits second Wuhan hospital in coronavirus investigation
3 years, 10 months ago

WHO team visits second Wuhan hospital in coronavirus investigation

The Hindu  

Members of a World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic visited another Wuhan hospital that had treated early COVID-19 patients on their second full day of work on January 30. Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital was one of the city’s first to deal with patients in early 2020 suffering from a then-unknown virus and is a key part …

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WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic origins
3 years, 11 months ago

WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic origins

Associated Press  

WUHAN, China — A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries. A government spokesman said this week they will “exchange views” with Chinese scientists but gave no indication whether they …

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WHO team reaches Wuhan to search for coronavirus pandemic origins
3 years, 11 months ago

WHO team reaches Wuhan to search for coronavirus pandemic origins

India Today  

A global team of researchers backed by the World Health Organisation on Thursday reached Whuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries. A government spokesman said this week they will “exchange views” with Chinese scientists but gave …

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