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According to British scientist Peter Daszak, this version is the one that “should be the center of attention,” according to The New York Times. This version reports that the infection from the bats entered a wildlife farm where it could have been infected by people who worked there. The infections could also have been spread through animals – ferrets, badgers, raccoon dogs, and civets – raised on those farms, which later infected those who acquired them.
The further spread of the virus had already stopped when infected animals entered the Wuhan seafood market.
The initial report notes that WHO was unable to obtain personal data from some patients due to confidentiality policies in China. Not only that, some people who had COVID-19 refused to contact the organization.
More detailed survey data expected
Leaders of the international community and several states have constantly asked China to reveal available information on the origin of COVID-19.
US Presidential Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, commenting on the WHO China study on the origins of the coronavirus, noted that the United States has questions about certain findings. One particular hurdle is the fact that it is not yet clear how the study itself was conducted.
In response, Chinese diplomats in the United States pointed out that the United States should not blame other countries for the COVID-19 pandemic, when it was Washington’s actions that negatively impacted the international community’s efforts to combat the epidemiological threat.
British authorities have said they have doubts about the ability of the WHO mission to fully investigate the origins of the coronavirus in China. According to the British Foreign Secretary, Raab, it is not clear that the mission had full access to data from the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In China, the mission is currently being carried out by a team of WHO international scientists working on the origin of COVID-19. The specialists arrived in Wuhan on January 14, were subject to mandatory quarantine for 14 days, and began work on January 29.
The experts visited the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a local hospital and a seafood market. Experts expressed doubts that the virus could have entered the environment from a virology laboratory or directly from bats in a market. It is believed that there was some kind of intermediate “conductor” through which the virus spread.
The head of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, explained that “not all versions have yet been rejected and the team continues to work.”
The world will face an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in 2021. As countries focus on fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, countries in major conflict and crises are being forced to take action on their own, and people Earth’s most vulnerable pay a high price, warns the International Rescue Commission (IRC).
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