Coronavirus Origin

China slams COVID-19 probe critics as theory linking virus to Wuhan lab gains fresh momentum

"This practice of politicising the search for the origins of the virus is extremely unethical," the Chinese foreign ministry said after WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus Tuesday said that "all hypotheses are open" and "warrant complete and further studies"

Early report from COVID-19 origin probe due next week, to have 'unanimity' despite pressure

The expert team hopes that the 280-page report, complete with graphs, dates and annexes, will be ready for release next week.

China clamps down on hidden hunt for coronavirus origins; AP probe reveals pattern of govt secrecy, top-down control

The Chinese government is monitoring scientists’ findings and mandating that the publication of any research first be approved by a new task force managed by its cabinet under direct orders from President Xi Jinping, according to internal documents obtained by AP

China peddles falsehoods, propaganda to obscure origin of COVID-19 pandemic

Chinese officials claim that packaged food from overseas might have initially brought the virus to China.

In research preprint, Chinese scientists claim COVID-19 may have originated in India or Bangladesh

The scientists have argued that since India and Bangladesh reported the least number of mutations and are neighbouring countries to China, the Indian subcontinent may be the origin of the first COVID-19 transmission

Scientists find silent mutations that allowed novel coronavirus to spread among humans

Silent mutations are changes in the DNA or nucleotide sequence of an organism that do not cause a visible change in the organism

China agrees to let WHO team visit Beijing to investigate origin of COVID-19

Since the outbreak, Beijing has prevented WHO experts from visiting Wuhan which had reported the world's first COVID-19 case in December last year

COVID-19 origin: University of Calgary research shows SARS-CoV-2 may have been evolving slowly since 2013

Scientists at the University of Calgary in Canada say that the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) may have been circulating amongst humans since at least 2013, though not the same variant that is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic

American-Chinese scientists team up to find the origins of Coronavirus pandemic

Report of the probe comes on the heels of the international community asking China for more transparency on how the virus originated.

Coronavirus outbreak: WHO is no scapegoat; Trump is justified in freezing funds for China’s geopolitical instrument that did little to contain spread of the pandemic

The novel coronavirus could have been stopped in its tracks multiple times had the WHO shown a little more spine in standing up to China