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China holds the key to understanding COVID-19 origins: WHO chief

FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus looks on as he speaks with the President of the European Council Charles Michel during the G7 leaders summit at Bavaria's Schloss Elmau castle, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, June 27, 2022. Michael Kappeler/Pool via REUTERS

The World Health Organization chief pressed China on Thursday to share its information about the origins of COVID-19, saying that until that happened all hypotheses remained on the table, more than three years after the virus first emerged.

"Without full access to the information that China has, you cannot say this or that," said Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in response to a question about the origin of the virus.

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