Covid-19 Origins

Former US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters/Tom Brenner
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Was right about ‘China virus’ coming from Wuhan lab, says Trump in statement on Covid origin

Trump has blamed China for the leak of coronavirus from the Wuhan laboratory In March 2020, he referred to the virus as the "China virus" calling the country out for the global health...

A logo is pictured on the World Health Organisation (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, November 22, 2017. Reuters/Denis Balibouse
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WHO re-checks research on when coronavirus first surfaced in Italy

TBS World: Suqabble over origin of coronavirus
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TBS World: Suqabble over origin of coronavirus

US intelligence community acknowledges two theories of Covid origin
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US intelligence community acknowledges two theories of Covid origin

FILE PHOTO: Chinese and U.S. flags flutter outside the building of an American company in Beijing, China January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
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China hits back as US revisits Wuhan lab-leak theory of Covid origins

US President Joe BidenPhotographer: Drew Angerer/Getty Images North America
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Biden asks US intel officials to investigate Covid-19 origin

Chinese and US flags flutter near The Bund, before US trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019/ Reuters
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Chinese embassy in US says politicising Covid-19 origins hampers investigations

Computer image of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to Covid-19
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US calls for 'transparent' new investigation into Covid origins

FILE PHOTO: Peter Ben Embarek, a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), attends the WHO-China joint study news conference at a hotel in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
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Scientists call for new probe into Covid-19 origins - with or without China

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Photo: BSS/AFP
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Follow-up probe of virus origins expected - WHO's Tedros

FILE PHOTO: Men walk past a banner hung on the ticket office of the Beijing Zoo that is closed following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country, in Beijing, China February 10, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
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As WHO highlights Covid animal origins, China wildlife crackdown needs more teeth: Experts

File Photo: A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Orgnaization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse
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Data withheld from WHO team probing Covid-19 origins in China -Tedros

File Photo: A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Orgnaization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Denis Balibouse
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US says hopes WHO report on virus origins is 'based on science'