China says “shocked” by WHO plan for second phase of COVID origins study
The Hindu
An official dismissed the lab leak theory as a rumor running counter to common sense.
A senior Chinese health official said on Thursday he was shocked by the World Health Organisation’s plan for the second phase of a COVID-19 origins study. National Health Commission Vice Minister Zeng Yixin dismissed the lab leak theory as a rumor running counter to common sense. The head of the WHO acknowledged last week that it was premature to rule out a potential link between the pandemic and a leak of the coronavirus from a Chinese lab.More Related News
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