WHO director Tedros criticizes China for the insufficient sharing of data on Covid-19 and asks for an investigation into the hypothesis of the virus escaping from a Chinese laboratory.
"Although the WHO team of experts sent to China" concluded that a laboratory leak is the least likely hypothesis, this requires further investigation, potentially with new missions that include specialized experts, which I am ready to deploy. " , Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a briefing to WHO member states on the inspectors' report drawn up after their mission to Wuhan in January and February.
The WHO chief also expressed concern that the international team had difficulty accessing the raw data during its mission to China.
"I expect future collaborative studies to include more timely and comprehensive data sharing," he added.
