Covid 19 Origin

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

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

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.