China says ”shocked” by WHO plan for COVID origins study
PTI, Jul 22, 2021, 9:15 AM IST
Beijing: A senior Chinese health official said Thursday he was shocked by the World Health Organisation’s plan for the second phase of a COVID-19 origins study.
National Health Commission Vice Minister Zeng Yixin dismissed the lab leak theory as a rumor running counter to common sense.
The head of the WHO acknowledged last week that it was premature to rule out a potential link between the pandemic and a leak of the coronavirus from a Chinese lab.
Zeng called the theory a rumor that goes against science.
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