The World Health Organization said that China has much more data that could shed light on the origin of COVID and requested Beijing to immediately share all relevant information. It has been reported MedicalXpress.
More than three years after the first reports of COVID-19, there are still debates about the origin of the virus. The hypothesis that the virus originated in the laboratory has not yet been rejected.
Evidence emerged in late February that raccoon dogs, known to carry and transmit viruses such as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID, were on the market in Wuhan when the disease was first detected in humans. Researchers who have studied the genome of the virus say the analysis supports the theory that the virus originated naturally in animals. To finally prove this version, China’s hiding information is needed.
“Without information, without data for an accurate assessment, it is very difficult for us to give a concrete answer. “And right now, we don’t have a concrete answer to how the pandemic started,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead for COVID-19 at WHO. .
We are talking about information collected in January-February 2020, including laboratory inspection data. WHO stressed the importance of unraveling the origin of the virus. This will help prevent future pandemics. Given that nearly seven million deaths have been officially recorded as a result of the pandemic, and the actual losses are believed to be several times greater, WHO believes that the openness of information is a moral duty of scientists.