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China To Build More Bio Labs Amid Scrutiny Over Wuhan Facility On Covid

World News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 16, 2021

China has operationalised its new biosecurity law to fortify the legal cover for the establishment and safe operation of more bio labs in the country amidst questions whether the COVID-19 originated from such a laboratory in Wuhan.

Wuhan Lab Leak Theory Back After WHO Chief's Reference

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday March 31, 2021

The Wuhan lab leak theory has been thrust back into the spotlight after the WHO chief reopened the hypotheses that the coronavirus seeped from its facilities.

The Wuhan Lab At The Heart Of The "Extremely Unlikely" Leak Theory

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday March 30, 2021

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.

WHO Report Says "Very Low" Chance Of Frozen Food COVID-19 Origin

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday March 29, 2021

The chances that Covid-19 emerged in Wuhan because of imported frozen food are "very low", international health experts said Monday, casting doubt on one of the main theories China has embraced for the cause of the first coronavirus outbreak in late 2019.

COVID-19 Circulated In China For 2 Months Before Being Discovered: Study

World News | Press Trust of India | Friday March 19, 2021

The novel coronavirus was likely circulating undetected for at most two months before the first human cases of COVID-19 were described in Wuhan, China in late-December 2019, according to a study.

Wuhan Wet Market Most Likely Origin Of Covid: WHO Probe Team To China

World News | ANI | Friday March 12, 2021

The Wuhan wet market is still the most likely hypothesis for the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to members of a World Health Organization (WHO) delegation to China.

WHO Scraps Plan For Interim Report On Wuhan Virus Mission: Report

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday March 5, 2021

The World Health Organization has scrapped plans for a team that visited Wuhan, China to probe the origins of the coronavirus pandemic to issue an interim report, The Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday.

WHO Team Probing COVID-19 Visits Wuhan Lab, Meets "Bat Woman"

World News | Reuters | Saturday February 27, 2021

A team of investigators led by the World Health Organization visited a virus research laboratory in China's central city of Wuhan and met with a prominent virologist there in its search for clues to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

WHO Team Finds Signs Of Wider Covid Outbreak In Wuhan In Dec 2019: Report

World News | ANI | Sunday February 14, 2021

Investigators from the World Health Organisation (WHO) looking into the origins of coronavirus in China have discovered that signs of the outbreak were much wider in Wuhan in December 2019 than previously thought, CNN reported.

Former Indian Envoy Slams WHO Over Investigation Of Covid Origin

World News | ANI | Thursday February 11, 2021

Former High Commissioner to Canada Vishnu Prakash on Thursday slammed the World Health Organisation (WHO) for investigating the origins of coronavirus in China after 14-15 months of the incident.

US Refuses To Accept WHO Team's Findings On Covid Origin In China

World News | Reuters | Thursday February 11, 2021

China called on the United States on Wednesday to invite the World Health Organization to investigate origins of the COVID-19 outbreak there, as sparring over the pandemic continued after the WHO wrapped up its field work in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

No Breakthrough On Covid Origins As WHO's China Probe Ends

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday February 9, 2021

A much-anticipated inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic wrapped up its mission in China on Tuesday with no breakthrough discovery, as investigators ruled out a theory that Covid-19 came from a lab but failed to identify which animal may have passed it to humans.

WHO Team Probing Covid Origins In China To Brief Media

World News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 9, 2021

An international team of experts wrapping up a month spent in China investigating the Covid-19 pandemic's origins will brief the media in Wuhan on Tuesday, the WHO announced.

China's Role In Coronavirus Outbreak: What Investigation Has Found

World News | Jason Gale, Bloomberg | Monday February 8, 2021

Scientists probing the origins of the coronavirus are wrapping up a lengthy investigation in China and have found "important clues" about a Wuhan seafood market's role in the outbreak.

Covid Origin Talks With Chinese Scientists "Very Frank": WHO Team Leader

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday February 4, 2021

World Health Organization inspectors had "very frank" discussions with Chinese scientists about the source of the pandemic, including theories it leaked from a laboratory, the head of the probe in Wuhan told AFP Thursday.