The World Health Organization think tank recommends further research into the emerging coronavirus breakout theory.
The Scientific Advisory Group, formed by the World Health Organization in 2021 and includes 27 members from various countries, including Russia, China, India, Germany, Britain and others, on the origin of new pathogens (SAGO) , suggests that the theory of virus leakage from the laboratory requires further study.
The advisory group’s report indicates that the epidemiological data and the survey results allow us to assume that the ancestors of the SARS-CoV-2 strain originated in animals, and that the closest genetically related viruses were the beta mutant of the coronavirus. discovered in bats. horseshoe in China in 2013 and Laos. In 2020. However, the ancestor of the virus, or the natural/intermediate host, or the cases of transmission of the virus to humans have not yet been determined.
Although the results of the preliminary investigation confirmed that the Wuhan seafood market played an important role in the spread of the pandemic, the origin of the novel coronavirus and the mechanism of its emergence in this market is unknown. According to experts.
“SAGO reminds that no new data has come out regarding the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 leakage from the laboratory as a route of transmission to humans, and recommends further investigation into this issue and all other possible options,” he said. of the report.
The Washington Post reported that members of the group from Brazil, China and Russia opposed calls for further investigation into the “lab leak” theory.
It should be noted that the report presented by the expert committee that visited the city of Wuhan in China, and published by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2021, considered the possibility of virus leakage from the laboratory as “a possibility” . small ”. “
Chinese authorities reportedly informed the World Health Organization on December 31, 2019 about the outbreak of unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan. On March 11, 2020, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, announced that the spread of this virus was a pandemic.
Source: RIA Novosti
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