WHO accuses China of holding back information on Covid origins

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has accused China of withholding information on Covid origins. The global health agency criticised China for not sharing scientific data samples taken from a market Wuhan in 2020, saying that it could have provided significant information and helped tackle the pandemic, which claimed millions of lives worldwide, reports The New York Times (NYT) newspaper.

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Times of India

WHO calls on China to be transparent in sharing data to determine Covid's origins

China News: The WHO has criticised China for withholding data related to samples taken at a market in Wuhan in 2020 that could have provided vital information abo

5 days ago·Mumbai, India

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News18 India

WHO Chief Again Urges China to be ‘Transparent’ in Sharing Covid-19 Data

The World Health Organization continues to call for China to be ‘transparent’ in sharing COVID-19 data in efforts to determine the disease’s origins. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reiterated this on Friday in Geneva.

5 days ago·India

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The Hindu

WHO accuses China of withholding information on origin of COVID-19

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The Independent

WHO accuses China of withholding data over possible Covid origin link to raccoon dogs

Head of World Health Organization says China ‘should have’ shared data years ago

5 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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NDTV

WHO Calls On China To Be Transparent In Sharing COVID-19 Origin Data

The WHO has criticised China for withholding data related to samples taken at a market in Wuhan in 2020 that could have provided vital information about the Covid-19 pandemic's origins, calling on Beijing to be transparent and to share results of investigations it conducts. The Huanan market in central China's Wuhan city was the epicentre of the pandemic. From its origin there, the SARS-CoV-2 virus rapidly spread to other locations in Wuhan in l…

5 days ago·New Delhi, India

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Hindustan Times

China ‘could've and should've’ shared data on Covid origin soon: WHO's takedown

Data supports the idea that the pandemic could have begun from the illegally traded raccoon dogs, which infected the humans at China's Wuhan Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market.

5 days ago·New Delhi, India

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