China Agrees to Assist Investigating the Origin of the Corona Virus

People have doubts about the origin of the deadly coronavirus naturally, or in a laboratory. Therefore, pressure was mounting on China to open the door to an independent and impartial investigation into the origin of the virus. But Chinese officials have said they will not allow any international team to enter China to investigate. Beijing eventually backed away from that decision. Last Thursday, China's foreign ministry said it supported an international panel led by the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate the global corona epidemic. China will provide all kinds of assistance to the panel. Beijing also claims that the United States is lying about the Corona epidemic.

The WHO has identified an unknown cause of pneumonia in Wuhan, China, on December 31. After sequencing the genome of the new virus, Chinese scientists said on January 9 that it belonged to the Sars Coronavirus family. Two days later, on January 11, the world saw its first death from an infection. The WHO later named the virus Novel Coronavirus or Covid-19. On January 30, the WHO declared the corona infection a global health emergency, later declared it a global epidemic on March 11. As of last evening, more than 270,000 people worldwide had died in the epidemic, according to WorldMeters. About 75,000 of them have died in the United States alone. About 4 million patients have been identified worldwide.

The United States has blamed China for withholding information on the spread of the coronavirus in the world. The country's foreign minister, Mike Pompeo, also complained on Thursday that China had not provided samples of the virus needed for global research into vaccine discovery. He called for a transparent investigation into the spread of the infection. Most experts, international organizations, and even U.S. intelligence officials believe the coronavirus spread to humans from animals brought to the market by a wild animal. But US President Donald Trump and his secretary of state, Pompeo, have also claimed the virus had spread from Chinese laboratories. However, they could not provide any evidence in support of this claim.

The US Secretary of State blamed the WHO for being too slow to take action against Corona. Earlier, the Trump administration suspended funding for the company.

China has long claimed that the Trump administration lied against China to cover up its failure to deal with Corona. A similar allegation was made against the Trump administration at a press briefing by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying in Beijing on Thursday. Claiming that the virus did not originate in China, the Chinese official said, "While scientists have not yet reached a conclusion on the origin of the coronavirus, Pompeo quickly concluded that the virus was created in his laboratory." Where did he get this evidence. Let us see the proof. He said, "We are always ready to provide any assistance to the WHO on various issues related to coronavirus, including the question of origin."

Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the coronavirus epidemic had spread hatred and animosity around the world like a tsunami. He urged the world community to take all possible steps to prevent this.