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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO Still Working to Identify the Origins of COVID-19

A medical worker in protective gear waits to administer COVID-19 tests for reporters who was signed up to cover the press conference and the opening of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), at a quarantine hotel in Beijing, Thursday, March 2, 2023.(AP)

The World Health Organization (WHO) is still working to identify the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, its director general said on Friday, after a US agency was reported to have assessed the pandemic had likely been caused by a Chinese laboratory leak.

"I have written to and spoken with high-level Chinese leaders on multiple occasions as recently as just a few weeks ago... all hypotheses on the origins of the virus remain on the table," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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