China says it was “rather taken aback' by the World Health Organization’s plan for the second phase of a study into the origins of COVID-19 and cannot accept it. (corrects translation)
Zeng Yixin, Vice Minister of China's National Health Commission, speaks at a press conference at the State Council Information Office in Beijing, Thursday, July 22, 2021. Zeng said Thursday he was taken aback by the World Health Organization's plan for the second phase of a COVID-19 origins study.
The search for the origins of the virus has become a diplomatic issue that has worsened China’s relations with the U.S. and many of its allies. The U.S. and others say that China has not been transparent about what happened in the early days of the pandemic. China accuses critics of politicizing an issue that should be left to scientists.
He also says there had been a “premature push” to rule out the theory that the coronavirus might have escaped from a Chinese government lab in Wuhan. The team stated the virus most likely jumped from animals to humans, with speculation focusing on it originating in bats, which may have transmitted it to pangolins that were traditionally sold in Chinese wet markets as a delicacy.
He said China has “always supported scientific virus tracing,” and wants to see that extended to multiple countries and regions worldwide.The second phase of virus tracing should be based on the conclusions of the first phase after “full discussion and consultation by member states,” Zeng said.
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