The World Health Organization has dismissed a senior scientist, Peter Ben Embarek, for sexual misconduct related to cases in 2015 and 2017. Ben Embarek was known for leading an international mission to China to investigate the origins of COVID-19.
The World Health Organization has fired a senior scientist who had a heavy role in claiming the COVID lab-leak theory was unlikely over sexual misconduct accusations.
The World Health Organization says it has dismissed a senior scientist, known for his role as the head of an international mission to China to probe the origins of COVID-19, for sexual misconduct.