WHO says search for origin of COVID pandemic has stalled

Maria van Kerkhove, Technical Lead of WHO's Health Emergencies programme

Maria van Kerkhove, Technical Lead of WHO's Health Emergencies programme Source: AAP

After 90 days, as promised, US intelligence agencies have delivered a report to President Joe Biden on the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.


It is currently classified and inconclusive, and China has hit back, questioning Mr Biden's motive.

China, the United States, and the WHO are entangled in a feud that centres around whether the virus that causes COVID-19 was leaked from a lab in the city of Wuhan or was transmitted from an animal.

In the last 24 hours, a United States intelligence report and review proved inconclusive about the virus' origin.

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