China’s health authorities on Monday accused the World Health Organization of delaying the release of key early data on the new coronavirus infection.WHO (WHO) officials have warned the WHO not to use it as a means to politicize China. Some scientists saw such data as useful in understanding the origins of the corona.
Shen Hongbing, director of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, opened in Beijing on the 8th.Press conferenceHe claimed that he had shared all the material he had gathered on the origins of the coronavirus during his work with the WHO team of experts in early 2020 and early 2021, and that he had not withheld any data surrounding any cases, samples or test results.
He said recent statements by some WHO officials denying joint mission efforts with China were “a brutal attack on scientists around the world who were involved in the early origin work.” I objected.
“We urge WHO officials, whether voluntarily or coerced, to return to science and fairness, rather than becoming a tool for the politicization of corona-origins by some countries,” Shen said. I recommend that you do so,” he said.
Maria van Kerkhove, the WHO’s coronavirus technical lead, said some virus samples collected from a market in Wuhan, Hubei province, were shared three years later due to a lack of data disclosure. Equivalent to “unacceptable”editorialwas suing.
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