The National Health Commission refutes the hypothesis of "new coronavirus leaking from the laboratory": extremely unlikely

(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) China's National Health Commission refutes the hypothesis of "new coronavirus leaking from the laboratory": extremely unlikely

　　China News Service, Beijing, June 11 (Reporter Li Chun) In response to the recent foreign media's concern about whether the new crown virus has leaked from the laboratory, Mi Feng, deputy director and spokesperson of the Publicity Department of the National Health Commission of China, was in Beijing on the 11th Said that this hypothesis is extremely unlikely.

　　The Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council of China held a press conference on the same day to introduce the situation of epidemic prevention and control and vaccination.

　　Mi Feng introduced that China has always highly supported scientists in the global traceability of the new crown virus, and has taken the lead in cooperating with the World Health Organization to carry out joint traceability research.

The China-WHO Joint Expert Group on the Traceability of the New Coronavirus is composed of the world's top scientists. They jointly formulate work plans, conduct scientific research, write research reports, and publish research results.

From January to February 2021, the joint expert group conducted research in Wuhan, and held a press conference on February 9 to announce the main conclusions and findings of the research.

On March 30, the foreign expert group held a press conference, and on March 31, the Chinese expert group also held a press conference to release the conclusions of the traceability report.

　　"The English version of the Chinese part of the joint research report has been published on the official website of the WHO, and the Chinese version is also available on the official website of the National Health Commission. The conclusions of the Chinese part of the traceability research report are very clear, one of which is The hypothesis that the new crown virus leaked from the laboratory is extremely unlikely." Mi Feng said.

　　He emphasized that the traceability of the new crown virus is a scientific issue, and related work should be carried out by global scientists. At the same time, traceability is also a global task. China calls on all parties to conduct traceability cooperation with the WHO in an open and transparent attitude.

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