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Covid: China rejects WHO plan for second phase of virus origin probe
Source: BBC
China has rejected the next stage of a World Health Organization (WHO) plan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.
The WHO wants to audit laboratories in the area the virus was first identified.
But Zeng Yixin, deputy health minister, said this showed "disrespect for common sense and arrogance toward science".
WHO experts said it was very unlikely the virus escaped from a Chinese lab, but the theory has endured.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57926368
