SHANGHAI -- Chinese officials on Thursday rejected a proposal by the World Health Organization for a second study to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, including the possibility that the virus escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan, calling it political and biased.
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China snubs WHO's call for second study on COVID-19 origins
Chinese participant in first probe hints other countries may have leaked virus
Zeng Yixin, vice minister of China's National Health Commission, on July 22 complained that calls by the WHO for a second probe of the origins of COVID-19 were driven by *political interference." © Reuters
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