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WHO's Covid-19 origin probe 'highly deficient', says Blinken
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 14 (ANI): The World Health Organization's first phase of study on the origins of COVID-19 pandemic is "highly deficient", said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday (local time) and added that leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) countries will insist China
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G7 leaders call for probe into origins of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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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WHO chief asks China to cooperate with probe into origins of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 13 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Ghebreyesus has called on China to cooperate with the ongoing investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 amid renewed call to further probe the virus.
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China's COVID-19 propaganda seeks to embolden foreign-origin theory
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 12 (ANI): As international pressure mounts on China to probe the origins of the novel coronavirus, Beijing seeks questions unanswered so that it can sell the foreign-origin possibility theory to its people.
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Chinese researchers find batch of new coronaviruses in bats: Report
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 12 (ANI): Amid renewed calls to probe into the origins of COVID-19, Chinese researchers said they had found a batch of new coronaviruses in bats.
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UK, US back 'timely, transparent' WHO-convened COVID-19 origins study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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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India seeks further studies on WHO-convened global study on the origins of
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): India on Thursday supported the World Health Organisation (WHO) convened global study on the origins of COVID-19, saying it is an "important first step" and further studies deserve cooperation of all.
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Canada orders health agency to turn over documents on collaboration with C
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
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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