WHO, Ghebreyesus: "More studies are needed on the origin of Covid"
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March 30, 2021 To investigate the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic, further investigations would be needed, in addition to those already carried out in China: this was stated by WHO director, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Today in Geneva, the Organization's experts who drafted the report on the origin of the virus after the mission in Wuhan present it in detail in a virtual press conference.
"Although the team concluded that a leak of the virus from a laboratory is the least likely hypothesis, this requires further investigation, possibly with new missions of specialized experts, which they are ready to mobilize," the head of the organization said. who had problems accessing data during the mission to China.
"To understand the first cases" of Covid-19, "scientists would benefit from full access to data, including biological samples as of at least September 2019".
But "in my discussions with the team, the experts" expressed the difficulties encountered in accessing the raw data.
I expect future collaborative studies that include more timely and comprehensive data sharing, "said World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in his speech at member states briefing on the report signed by the international team. who went on a mission to China to study the origins of the virus.
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