WHO Demands Transparency from China on COVID-19 Origins.

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WHO Demands Transparency from China on COVID-19 Origins.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has accused Chinese officials of withholding research that may link Covid-19's origin to wild animals, asking why the data had not been made available three years ago and why it is now missing. The research suggests that illegally traded raccoon dogs infected humans at a Wuhan seafood market. The gene sequences were removed from a scientific database once the experts offered to collaborate on the analysis with their Chinese counterparts.

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