WHO experts in Wuhan to hunt for origin of Covid-19 but will China co-operate?
reports suggest that the WHO team has ruled out visit to the infamous lab for probing the origin of virus. Remember, the Wuhan Institute of Virology came under scrutiny after reports emerged that it was artificially made virus.
New Delhi: Two experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday arrived in China for research on the source of the novel coronavirus. country’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying confirmed on Monday.
As per CGTN media reports, country’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying was quoted as saying that the two experts will cooperate with Chinese scientists and medical experts and discuss related questions, but did not provide details on the experts’ itinerary in China. Hua said the experts might also make a similar trip to other countries and regions.
Wuhan labs likely to dodge investigation
The WHO team was about to study the transmission of deadly virus from animals to humans. China continues to claim that virus was transmitted naturally to people, possibly in a wet market in Wuhan that sells exotic wildlife for meat.
Now, reports suggest that the WHO team has ruled out visit to the infamous lab for probing the origin of virus. Remember, the Wuhan Institute of Virology came under scrutiny after reports emerged that it was artificially made virus.
“Knowing the source of the virus is very, very important,” WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had said last month.
Flooding in Wuhan – Natural or Deliberate?
Last week, Wuhan city saw calamity in form of floods. While Chinese officials claimed it to be result of torrential rains but reports suggested that floods were a direct consequence of heavy discharge of water from reservoirs.
Jennifer Zeng, an activist recently claimed that this move was undertaken intentionally, and that Chinese authorities are deliberately flooding cities in the Hubei province to purge out the evidence against China and its role in the coronavirus pandemic.
It has long been speculated that the virus jumped from animals to humans, possibly in a market in Wuhan, after the outbreak in China was reported in December 2019.
However, recently, traces of the virus have been found in France and Italy, while in Spain, researchers found positive samples of COVID-19 in sewage water collected in March 2019.