WHO Releases Report On Covid-19 Origins

US theory: Washington has touted claims that the virus could have leaked out of the high-security Wuhan Institute of Virology, pictured last month

Daily Mail: WHO dismiss their own whitewash report into Covid-19 origins: Health chief admits China withheld data – as US leads 14 nations signing statement 'expressing concerns' and demanding Beijing provides 'full access'

* Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus accused China of withholding data from WHO

* Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden's top diplomats have rejected report as biased

* 120-page report dismisses Washington's lab-leak theory as 'extremely unlikely'

* It says Beijing's favoured food-imports theory is 'possible', although unlikely

* A statement by the United States, Britain and twelve others jointly voiced their concerns and urged China to provide 'full access' to health experts

The head of the WHO today dismissed his own agency's expert report into the origins of Covid-19 which the US has rejected as a political whitewash after it described the lab-leak theory touted by Washington as 'extremely unlikely'.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus accused China of withholding data from a WHO panel and said the lab-leak theory should be studied further, only moments after the publication of the long-awaited report which rejected the idea altogether.

'Although the team has concluded that a laboratory leak is the least likely hypothesis, this requires further investigation,' said Tedros.

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More News On WHO Releasing Their Report On Covid-19 Origins

Coronavirus likely came from animal, not a lab, WHO draft report finds -- CNN

Report from WHO team finds virus likely jumped from animals, not from lab leak -- The Hill

Following report, WHO chief calls for deeper probe into lab-leak theory on Covid-19 origins -- France 24

Data withheld from WHO team probing COVID-19 origins in China - Tedros -- Reuters

WHO chief: Virus investigators had difficulties "accessing raw data" from China -- Axios

UK and US criticise WHO's Covid report and accuse China of withholding data -- The Guardian

14 nations express 'concerns' over lack of data in WHO report on Covid-19 origins after agency chief flags access issues in China -- RT

Five takeaways from the WHO's report on the origins of the pandemic -- USA today

Factbox: WHO-China report on virus origins says lab leak extremely unlikely -- Reuters

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