WHO releases report on global tracing of COVID-19 origins

3 April 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) on 30th March released a report on the global tracing of COVID-19 origins, following a joint research with China on issues including the pathways of the virus and future investigation in different countries. A total of 34 experts from the WHO and China jointly conducted a 28-day research from 14th January to 10th February in Wuhan. According to the report, COVID-19 introduction through an intermediate host is “likely to very likely,” introduction through cold/food chain products is “possible,” and introduction through a laboratory incident is “extremely unlikely.” The experts also put forward a series of recommendations for future researches.

https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/who-convened-global-study-of-origins-of-sars-cov-2-china-part?fbclid=IwAR1PED2X21LjAZhn82EUlPcpWBmi4AySgVcDh0oBw0-5_WTBiVAjn46nfgM

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