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WHO Representative in China Gauden Galea – Photo: REUTERS
Speaking on Sky News on May 1, Galea revealed that China was conducting a series of national investigations into COVID-19, including the origin of the new strain of the coronavirus.
“But we have not yet been allowed to participate. The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent a proposal to the National Health Commission and the Chinese government. The origin of the virus is very important and a priority now.” is knowing as much as possible about the virus to prevent an outbreak, “Galea told Sky News.
When asked if there was a good reason for China not to invite WHO to join, Galea said no.
However, the WHO representative in China noted that his experts cannot see the records of two laboratories related to the coronavirus in China. One is the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the other is the Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
“From all the available evidence, my WHO colleagues believe that the origin of the virus is in Wuhan, but it comes from nature, not man,” said the WHO representative in China. .
However, Mr. Galea said that it is still necessary to see the records, the data in the two units mentioned above to have a complete view of the origin of the virus.
Speaking of criticism that the WHO was irresponsible at the start of the pandemic, Mr. Galea said that the WHO and anyone “only knew what China was reporting at the time.”
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (left) at a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping – Photo: THX
In January, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and a team of experts from the organization traveled to China to learn how to manage the country’s disease. Mr. Tedros had a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping later in Beijing.
The most popular hypothesis today is that the new strain of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has been transmitted from bat to human at a wildlife market in Wuhan. However, there are still other opinions that the virus is an artificial product that escapes from the laboratory of the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Also on May 1, WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic expressed his hope that China will invite its experts to join the SARS-CoV-2 origin investigation.
Jasarevic emphasized that it is necessary to investigate the origin of the virus to prevent future outbreaks.
According to WHO representatives, China is conducting separate investigations into the origin of the virus, including identifying the animals sold in the market in Wuhan and their origins, and taking environmental samples at the locations where they were discovered. first person infected …
