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China accuses US of politicising COVID origin research; warns of 'counterattack'
•China, the US and WHO are entangled in a feud over whether the virus that causes COVID-19 could have leaked from a lab in Wuhan, where the disease was first detected in late 2019
COVID-19 origin: How DRASTIC, a group of internet sleuths, compelled world to relook Wuhan lab leak theory
Fp Staff •It is due to the work by DRASTIC that there is more insight into research that the secretive Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China was doing
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.
WHO inquiry into COVID-19 origins 'compromised by politics', say scientists awaiting overdue report
Tech2 News Staff •The joint team didn't have the mandate, independence, or accesses required to perform a full and unrestricted investigation, they wrote.
Mutation in spike protein makes coronavirus eight times more infectious, finds NYU study
•Researchers noted that the D614G mutation in the coronavirus spike protein likely emerged in early 2020, and is now the most prevalent and dominant form of the virus in many countries around the world
WHO team visits Wuhan lab at the center of coronavirus conspiracies, likely to meet staff
•The visit to the Wuhan Institute of Virology was one of the highlights of the WHO mission in order to gather data and search for clues as to where the COVID virus originated and how it spread
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
Mike Pompeo accuses China of 'peddling questionable vaccines', blocking WHO probe to find COVID-19 origin
•The US Secretary of State said the world should demand transparency from Beijing about the origin and spread of the pandemic
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.