Concerns have been expressed by the United States and 13 other countries on a joint study by the World Health Organization and China on the origins of Covid-19.
1 min readApr 5, 2021
The United States joined a group of 13 nations, including Japan, in a statement criticising the World Health Organization’s (WHO) long-awaited study on Covid-19’s roots.
The WHO team was “significantly delayed and lacked access to full, initial data and samples,” according to the community of 14 countries.
In a statement, the US, Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, and Israel said they “absolutely” backed the WHO’s attempts to stop the pandemic, including figuring out how it “started and spread.”
“It is critical that we express our common concerns that the international expert report on the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been substantially delayed and lacks access to full, original data and samples,” they said.