The head of China's Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to return to a 'scientific, fair' position in tracing the origin of COVID-19.
Airline staff wear personal protective equipment to protect against coronavirus disease disease as they work at Beijing Capital International airport in Beijing, China March 13, 2022. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
SHANGHAI, April 8 - The head of China's Center For Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday urged the World Health Organization to return to a "scientific, fair" position in tracing the origin of COVID-19. At a news conference, Shen Hongbing warned the WHO against politicising the source of the virus, which was first detected in central China in late 2019, or becoming a tool of another country.
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