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Most scientists suspect that the coronavirus originated in bats, but the exact route by which it first jumped into people â via an intermediary animal or in some other way â has not yet been determined. It typically takes decades to narrow down the natural source of an animal virus like Ebola or Sars.
Tedros said that âchecking what happened, especially in our labs, is importantâ to nailing down if the pandemic had any laboratory links.
âWe need information, direct information on what the situation of this lab was before and at the start of the pandemic,â the WHO chief said, adding that Chinaâs cooperation was critical. âIf we get full information, we can exclude (the lab connection).â
GENEVA (AFP) - The World Health Organisation s emergency committee warned on Thursday (July 15) that new and more dangerous Covid-19 variants were expected to spread around the world, making it harder to halt the pandemic.
The announcement was further bad news as several countries battle a new wave of infections fanned by new variants, namely Delta which was first identified in India. The pandemic is nowhere near finished, the committee warned in a statement on Thursday following a meeting a day earlier.
Committee chairman Didier Houssin acknowledged to reporters that recent trends are worrying .
He said a year-and-a half after the WHO first declared a so-called Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) - its highest alert level - we are still running after this virus and the virus is still running after us .