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• Cooperating to trace COVID-19 origins shared responsibilities for countries

  ​"Cooperating on tracing the origins of the virus is everyone's responsibility," and such research should be conducted worldwide, China's Ambassador to Italy Li Junhua has written.

• US biggest saboteur to interfere WHO's independence

  A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Friday the United States is the biggest saboteur of the World Health Organization's ability to perform its functions independently and without interference.

• Swiss scientist: Chinese lab leak theory political in nature

  The accusation that the COVID-19 virus leaked from a laboratory in the central Chinese city of Wuhan is "more political in nature," Didier Pittet, a leading infectious diseases expert at Geneva University Hospitals, has said.

• WHO members oppose politicization of COVID-19 origin tracing: media

  Member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) agree that the COVID-19 origin tracing should not be politicized, Sputnik reported Friday citing Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program.

• Russian officials, experts say COVID-19 origin tracing should not be politicized

  A large number of Russian officials and experts have strongly opposed politicizing the COVID-19 origin tracing, highlighting the devastating effects the move could have on the global fight against the pandemic.

• 2nd phase of WHO COVID-19 origin tracing not approved by all members

  ​The World Health Organization's (WHO) plan for the second phase of studies into the origins of COVID-19 was put forward unilaterally by the WHO Secretariat without getting the approval of all member states, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Thursday.

• China blasts US for political manipulation of pandemic

  China on Wednesday blasted the United States for manipulating the COVID-19 pandemic for political purposes, noting the move is doomed to failure.

• US guilty of 3 sins in COVID-19 response, origin-tracing

  ​The United States is guilty of three sins in COVID-19 epidemic response and origin-tracing, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Thursday.

• US scientists clarify signing Science letter not in favor of lab-leak hypothesis

  Two U.S. biology professors have clarified publicly that their signatures on a letter to the Science magazine in May over COVID-19 origin tracing should not be interpreted as support for the lab-leak hypothesis.

• Scientists, scholars say remove politics from virus debate

  Greater international cooperation on combating the COVID-19 pandemic is needed and less politicization of scientific issues, such as tracing the origin of the virus that causes the disease, according to Chinese scientists and scholars.

• US in wrong direction on anti-virus fight, warns Fauci

  The United States is heading "in the wrong direction" as the country scrambles to fight a new surge of COVID-19 cases because of the Delta variant and a large number of unvaccinated people, Anthony Fauci, White House chief medical advisor, has warned.

• Political virus also needs origin tracing: FM

  The novel coronavirus needs origin tracing, and so does the political virus, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Chengdu Sunday.

• China calls for tracing COVID-19 origin in multiple countries, regions

  China hopes that the World Health Organization will genuinely treat the COVID-19 origin-tracing work as a scientific issue, get rid of political interference, and actively and prudently promote the tracing work to be carried out continuously in multiple countries and regions around the globe.
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  China urges US to invite WHO experts to investigate Fort Detrick lab

  ​A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Monday urged the United States to adopt a transparent and responsible attitude and invite World Health Organization (WHO) experts to investigate Fort Detrick lab for coronavirus origin tracing as soon as possible.