WHO Calls on China to Co-operate in Next Phase of SARS-CoV2 Origins Research

The WHO visiting Wuhan’s Huanan seafood market on January 31, 2021, as part of their investigations into the origins of COVID-19.

 

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on China to provide it with access to raw data so that the global search for the origins of SARS-CoV2 can move forward.

The WHO made the call on Thursday while asking member countries for nominations to the Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO).

While countries such as Italy, where the virus had hit hard and early, had been cooperating with the WHO, China needed to do the same by “sharing raw data and giving permission for the retesting of samples”, said the WHO.

Doing this would be a reflection of “scientific solidarity” to “ advance the studies of the origins quickly and effectively,” the WHO added.

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