China jumps in COVID-19 origin debate ahead of WHO probe

China, on vember 27, claimed that just because COVID-19 cases were first reported in Wuhan does t mean contagion originated in central Chinese city. remarks come days after Xi Jinping ministration reassured WHO to allow international experts into country to investigate origins of virus. While, Trump-led ministration and its allies have touted that SARS-CoV 2 might have originated in Chinese wet markets if t bio-laboratories, Beijing has repeatedly denied all allegations.

'Virus might have entered china through imports'

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With days of WHO’s probe nearing, multiple outlets of state-led media are w running reports stating that a number of imported food products from different countries were found to have traces of COVID-19 alleging that virus may have entered China through foreign routes. list of contaminated food products also includes a consignment of fish from India.

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Reiterating stance, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian asserted that “even though China was first to report coronavirus, but doesn't necessarily mean China is where virus originated". dressing a press briefing in Beijing, he ded that origin process was a “complex scientific issue” and required joint cooperation by scientific community worldwide. “Only by doing so we can guard against future risks because origin tracing is an evolving and sustained process that involves many countries and regions," Lijian said.

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WHO's probe into virus origins

China has reassured that it would allow international experts to enter  country in order to investigate animal origins of COVID-19, World Health Organization said on vember 23. UN ncy, in July, h sent a team of experts to lay groundwork for investigation. However, it has remained unclear wher international scientists would be allowed inside China to conduct epidemiological studies and identify first human cases of COVID-19 and source of infection.  

Scientists across world believe that virus jumped from bats to humans in a market selling exotic meat in Wuhan. However, lately, many have opined that COVID-19 may have emerged at a place where infection was amplified. Many experts also believe that intermediate host animals such as pangolins might have expedited spre. WHO has been trying to send a team to China since beginning of outbreak, however, it has been stalled owing to denial of permissions by China’s communist government.

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