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British scientist from WHO team in China's Wuhan recused from UN-backed co
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Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): In a move that has thickened the plot surrounding the lab leak theory on COVID-19 origins, Dr Peter Daszak, the British member of the World Health Organization (WHO) mission in China's Wuhan, has been recused from the UN-backed Commission work on the origins o
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Wuhan lab's classified information hampering search for COVID-19 origins
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Beijing [China], June 23 (ANI): Amid mounting pressure over calls for a fresh probe into the origins of COVID-19, a review of Wuhan Institute of Virology's public records and internal guidelines have revealed the existence of unspecified classified projects and discussion of the lab's respon
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China will face 'international isolation' if it doesn't cooperate on COVID
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], June 21 (ANI): China will face 'isolation in the international community' if Beijing does not cooperate with a further probe into the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, said US national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday.
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China must act responsibly regarding transparency on COVID-19 origins, say
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Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): After the conclusion of the much-awaited Group of Seven (G7) meeting in the UK, US President Joe Biden on Sunday called on China to act more responsibly in terms of international norms on human rights and transparency concerning the origins of COVID-19.
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G7 leaders call for probe into origins of COVID-19
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London [UK], June 13 (ANI): The G7 leaders on Sunday called for a "timely, transparent, expert-led, and science-based WHO-convened" investigation into the origins of COVID-19, including, as recommended by the experts' report, in China.
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UK, US back 'timely, transparent' WHO-convened COVID-19 origins study
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London [UK], June 11 (ANI): The United States and the United Kingdom on Thursday extended support to a "timely, transparent and evidence-based independent process" for the next phase of the WHO-convened COVID-19 origins study, including in China.
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US report on COVID-19 origins finds lab leak theory 'plausible', calls for
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Washington [US], June 8 (ANI): Amid widespread calls for a fresh probe into the origins of the coronavirus in China's Wuhan, a report on the origins of COVID-19 by a US government national laboratory concluded that the hypothesis claiming that the virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan is "plausib
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Blinken slams China over lack of transparency over COVID-19 origins
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Washington [China], May 8 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday slammed China again for the lack of transparency on the origins of the coronavirus, as global pressure mounts for a fresh probe in Wuhan.
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Cannot compel China to give more info on COVID-19 origins, says WHO offici
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Geneva [Switzerland], June 8 (ANI): A top World Health Organization official on Monday said that the WHO cannot compel China to divulge more data on the origins of COVID-19.
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Blinken calls on China to cooperate in 'getting to bottom' of COVID-19 ori
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Washington DC [US], June 7 (ANI): The United States needs to delve deeper into the origins of COVID-19 and hold China accountable, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken in an interview aired on Sunday amid calls for a fresh probe into the origins of the virus.
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Canada orders health agency to turn over documents on collaboration with C
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Toronto [Canada], June 3 (ANI): Amid global pressure for a fresh probe on COVID-19 origins, Canada's parliament on Thursday ordered the Public Health Agency (PHAC) to turn over unredacted documents related to collaboration with China on other deadly pathogens and the firing of two scientists
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US officials press China to provide greater transparency on COVID-19 origi
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Washington [US], May 31 (ANI): With a renewed focus on a fresh investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus, US experts and officials on Sunday called on China to provide greater transparency and speed inquiries into whether the pandemic began with a leak from a lab.
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