The Director of the World Health Organization stated during a press conference, saying: “There is a scientific and ethical dimension to this problem, and we must continue to push until we get the answer” about the source of the epidemic that began in China at the end of 2019, and stressed that “the matter is very important and essential.”
The Director of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, pledged on Wednesday personally to do his utmost to obtain an “answer” about the source of the Covid-19 epidemic, strongly denying information that the organization had abandoned its investigations.
And the Director of the World Health Organization stated during a press conference, saying, “There is a scientific and ethical dimension to this problem, and we must continue to push until we get the answer,” regarding the source of the epidemic that began in China at the end of 2019, and stressed that “the matter is very important and essential.”
The director of the organization indicated that he had recently sent an official letter to a senior Chinese official, to request again Beijing’s cooperation in searching for the origin of the worst epidemic in a century that killed millions and caused millions of disabilities.
An article published in the scientific journal “Nature” published this week confirmed that the WHO will not continue the second phase of the investigation in this regard, due to the lack of cooperation of the Chinese authorities. The scientific community considers it essential to know the origins of this epidemic in order to be able to better combat the next pandemic or even avoid it.
The magazine wrote: “The World Health Organization has suspended the second phase of its long-awaited scientific investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 epidemic due to the current challenges associated with attempts to conduct decisive studies in China.” The article mentioned the denial of Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, who was responsible for combating The epidemic in the World Health Organization since its inception.
“The World Health Organization has not given up on studying the source of Covid,” she said during the press conference. from the pandemic.”
