US health secretary calls for 'transparent' probe in Covid origin
US health secretary calls for 'transparent' probe in Covid origin
US Health Secretary Xavier Becerra has urged the WHO to ensure that the next phase of investigation into COVID-19's origins are more "transparent" and "science-based", amidst media reports here suggesting growing evidence that the virus could have emerged from a laboratory in China. In a report in March, WHO had said the chances Covid started in a lab were "extremely unlikely".
US Health Secretary Xavier Becerra has urged the WHO to ensure that the next phase of investigation into COVID-19's origins are more "transparent" and "science-based", amidst media reports here suggesting growing evidence that the virus could have emerged from a laboratory in China. In a report in March, WHO had said the chances Covid started in a lab were "extremely unlikely".