WHO implores China to finally share Covid origins data, five years on
‘This is a moral and scientific imperative,’ World Health Organization says in statement marking five years since Chinese authorities first alerted to ‘viral pneumonia’ in Wuhan
The World Health Organization has implored China to share data and access to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic that upended the planet.
“We continue to call on China to share data and access so we can understand the origins of Covid-19. This is a moral and scientific imperative,” the WHO said in a statement on Monday.
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