China calls on new WHO origins-tracing group to uphold science, resist being used as political tool

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, along with some scientists, on Thursday urged a new WHO group on coronavirus origins to uphold the spirit of science, unbiased attitude, a global perspective, and ...

Pushing forward lab probe on COVID-19 origins tracing contradicts US problematic records: FM

The US has been advocating the investigation of Chinese labs on the COVID-19 origins tracing, which contradicts its stance on the matter of probing its biolabs, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson ...

COVID-19 origins tracing ought to expand to multiple countries, including US: NHC

It's bewildering that the US government has mobilized its intelligence apparatus, instead of professional institutes, to probe origins of the novel coronavirus, a senior official from China's National Health Commission ...

China's request for investigation into Fort Detrick is reasonable and legitimate,  not 'contradictory' to its rejection of lab leak theory: FM

China's demand for an investigation into Fort Detrick and the University of North Carolina (UNC) labs is reasonable and legitimate rather than “contradictory” to its rejection of lab leak theory. ...

Political parties in Arab countries speak against politicizing the coronavirus origins probe

Members from 28 political parties in 13 Arab countries, including Egypt, Tunisia, Palestine and Iraq, expressed their support for China's reiterated calls for a probe on the origins of the ...

Chinese envoy writes to WHO chief, along with joint letter by 25 million netizens calling for Fort Detrick probe

Chinese envoy to UN Office at Geneva writes to WHO chief, along with a joint letter by 25 million Chinese netizens calling for Fort Detrick probe

Incredible mistakes in GOP virus report 'tip of iceberg' of US made-up evidence against China

Several primitive but jaw dropping mistakes in the US GOP report on COVID-19 origins, which were widely cited by major US media outlets including the Wall Street Journal and the ...

Biden's 90-day virus origins report a 'frame-up' on China, has no credibility: FM

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denounced the Biden administration's 90-day report on virus origins, which is expected to be completed on Tuesday, saying its purpose is to frame China ...

Coronavirus origins: science vs. politics

Although the US government has been coercing global scientists lately and pushing forward the lab leak hypothesis as its intelligence community-led 90-day origins probe deadline looms, more scientists spoke out ...

US should probe its own labs before throwing mud at others on virus-origins tracing: FM

As the US has been repeating claims that the novel coronavirus was leaked from a lab, it should investigate its own labs first given its advanced virus editing capabilities and ...

More early COVID-19 cases of humans, animals need to be tested for virus origins tracing

While the World Health Organization (WHO) is planning its next phase of COVID-19 origins study, China has made it clear that the next-phase study should be carried out in multiple ...

Iranian ambassador: Let science, not politics, speak on coronavirus origin

This is a scientific issue. It shouldn't be politicized to use as a scapegoat for the failure of the wrongdoing to combat the virus.

Lao PM opposes politics interfering with COVID-19 origin tracing

Political factors should not influence efforts to uncover the origins of COVID-19, said Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh.

Filipino, Malaysian scholars join intl chorus of urging US open Fort Detrick for virus probe

A month after an online petition in China demanded that the WHO investigate the US' Fort Detrick lab for the origins of the novel coronavirus, which gained over 25 million ...

Failure to control COVID-19 unavoidable for "Divided States of America"

The COVID-19 pandemic is just deteriorating in the U.S. again, leading to a sharp rise in infection numbers in the country. Even so, the Republicans and Democrats are still debating ...

WHO expert criticizes politicizing virus study, recognizes China's efforts

World Health Organization (WHO) expert Dmitry Lvov has criticized politicization of tracing the coronavirus origins and recognized China's efforts in virus research.

Experts worldwide oppose politicizing COVID-19 origins, urge impartial scientific research

Experts and officials from various countries have strongly opposed politicizing the COVID-19 origin-tracing, calling for impartial scientific investigations into the origin in multiple territories.

Politicizing COVID-19 origin tracing should be resisted -- Maltese FM

Any politicization of COVID-19 origin tracing should be resisted, Maltese Foreign Minister Evarist Bartolo has said.

People who say they suffered COVID-19 before Wuhan outbreak

"Yes. She had what they thought was pneumonia last December. She developed purple blisters on her toes and took photos. The doctor held on to those and recognized them when ...

25 million Chinese sign petition to probe Fort Detrick lab on COVID-19 origins

25 million Chinese sign petition to probe Fort Detrick lab on COVID-19 origins.

US urged to explain truth behind EVALI, closure of Fort Detrick biolab

In July 2019, there was an outbreak of the e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung illness (EVALI) in Wisconsin, the US. The disease then swept through multiple states, with doctors ...

Republican politician, compliant news organizations join forces to attack China over COVID-19

Representative Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released a controversial report earlier this week that accused China of deliberately covering up what was happening inside ...

Embassy spokesperson remarks on reports that "US Congress should make inquiries based on lab leak hypothesis"

Study of virus origins is a scientific issue that should not be politicized. It should be led by scientists, not politicians.

Republican COVID-19 origins report serves US's hybrid war on China

The Republicans' COVID-19 origins report simply repeated a slew of discredited conspiracy theories about the Wuhan Institute of Virology, such as it is allegedly responsible for secretly researching on biological ...

Global citizens want US to be transparent about COVID-19 origins

Should the World Health Organization (WHO) investigate the United States as part of the origin-tracing study of the coronavirus? According to the latest CGTN Think Tank global online survey, ...

COVID-19 origins: SA scientist says 'no time for finger-pointing'

Identifying the source of COVID-19 is instrumental in understanding what to expect in the future, but the process must be "scientifically rigorous," said South African epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim in ...

Why do some in China want a COVID-19 investigation into Fort Detrick laboratory in the US?

Almost a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has little clue as to the origins of the virus.

Swiss Epidemiologist Says No Evidence of COVID-19 Laboratory Leak

There is no evidence that SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, could be a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, and such accusations against Beijing are political in nature, ...

Expert: Lab leak theory hinders global coronavirus origin-tracing

While scientists around the world are working together to trace the origin of coronavirus to understand more about the disease, some media outlets hyped up the so-called lab leak theory. ...

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 ...

WHO members united against politicization of inquiry into COVID-19 origins

The World Health Organization's (WHO) member states agree on the need to keep the studies into the origins of COVID-19 safe from politicization, Executive Director of the WHO's Health Emergencies ...

Chinese FM lists 4 things US should do to prove sincerity on COVID-19 origins issue

The US should publish its data on early COVID-19 cases, invite the World Health Organization to probe Fort Detrick and the University of North Carolina, and publish data on sick ...

US is guilty of 'three sins' in its COVID-19 response and origin-tracing: Chinese FM spokesperson

The US is guilty of "three sins" in its COVID-19 response and origin-tracing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Thursday, responding to media about China's comment on the ...

China CDC says coronavirus origin tracing shouldn't be politicized

The coronavirus origin tracing work should not be politicized, said Dr Gao Fu, director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), citing examples of previous virus tracing.

Laos: Don't politicise vaccines, Covid-19 origin tracing

The Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that politicisation of vaccines or the origin tracing of Covid-19 virus should be avoided.

Russian experts: No doubt that coronavirus originated naturally

There is no doubt that the novel coronavirus has a natural origin, according to two Russian virologists.

US 'completely loses scientific ethics and moral bottom line' on virus origins-tracing: Chinese envoy

A Chinese envoy strongly refuted the groundless accusations the US made against China during a United Nations General Assembly meeting on the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR) ...

Exclusive: China's great cooperation with WHO on virus origins tracing self-evident: WHO expert

China has taken the lead and done a great job in cooperating with the World Health Organization(WHO) in tracing the origins of the SARS-CoV-2, and it is unfair and unjust ...

COVID-19 origin-tracing must not be politicized: Cambodian scholar

A Cambodian scholar on Monday called on some Western countries not to politicize the COVID-19 origin-tracing issue, saying that any origin-tracing should be scientific, not political.

15 million Chinese sign petition to probe Fort Detrick lab on COVID-19 origins

15 million Chinese sign petition to probe Fort Detrick lab on COVID-19 origins.

US slandering China over COVID-19 origin tracing "not new," says Bangladeshi analyst

The US attacking China over COVID-19 origin tracing is a manifestation of its habit of blaming others for harmful actions it itself is guilty of, a leading Bangladeshi foreign affairs ...

US owes explanation on cyberattacks at Fort Detrick lab probe petition, its hypocrisy, double standards exposed: FM

The US owes Chinese netizens an explanation on why it remains silent on opening Fort Detrick lab for investigation and why it launched a cyberattack on an online petition demanding ...

'Political virus also needs origin tracing' as US politicizes, stigmatizes epidemic: FM Wang Yi

The coronavirus needs origins-tracing, and so does the political virus, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, noting that the US has been trying to politicize the epidemic ...

Petition calling for Fort Detrick lab probe comes under attack from US IP addresses as signatures reach 10 million

An online petition demanding that the World Health Organization investigate Fort Detrick lab was attacked by multiple US IP addresses Saturday night as the number of signatures approached 10 million. ...

China rejects WHO's phase-2 COVID-19 origins study, calling it 'lack of respect for common sense, arrogant toward science'

While calling the World Health Organization (WHO)'s second phase study proposal on COVID-19 origins lacking respect to common sense and arrogant to science, Chinese health officials and observers on Thursday ...

Will the WSJ correct its story after its 'lab leak' report on COVID-19 is refuted again?

Yuan Zhiming, director of China's National Biosafety Laboratory and professor at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), again publicly refuted the conspiracy theory led by some US media outlets and ...

Some people in US may have ulterior intentions on COVID-19 origins tracing: Chinese FM spokesperson

Some people in the US may really have ulterior motives on the origins tracing of COVID-19, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Thursday, urging the US to give a ...

Chinese health official 'shocked' by WHO's proposal for phase 2 COVID-19 origins study, calling it 'arrogant and lacking respect for common sense'

China's health commission deputy chief said he was shocked to read the World Health Organization （WHO's） proposal for the second phase study into the origins of COVID-19 in China, which ...

Investigating Fort Detrick a question the US must answer: Chinese FM on 5m urging WHO to investigate lab

Investigating Fort Detrick is the call of people all over the world, including the Chinese people, and it is a question that the US must answer when it comes to ...

Update: Over 4 million Chinese petition WHO to probe Fort Detrick lab on COVID-19 origins

Over 4 million Chinese netizens have signed an open letter as of Wednesday morning, demanding the World Health Organization (WHO) investigate the US' Fort Detrick lab on COVID-19 origins, and ...

55 countries submit joint letters to WHO, opposing politicization of COVID-19 origins study

A total of 55 countries have submitted letters to the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General concerning the COVID-19 origins study as of Tuesday, jointly opposing the politicization of the issue. ...

Half a million Chinese netizens sign joint letter to the WHO demanding a probe into the US' Fort Detrick lab

A total of half a million Chinese netizens have signed a joint letter to the WHO as of Sunday, demanding the organization conduct an investigation into the US' Fort Detrick ...

WHO chief succumbs to US-led West's pressure in virus origins remarks

World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has succumbed to US-led West's multiple layers of political pressure, calling on China to be transparent and open in further COVID-19 origins ...

Barbados PM appreciates Chinese vaccines arrival at critical time, stresses only supporting science-based COVID-19 origins tracing

Following a phone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley expressed her gratitude to China for the assistance in fighting against the pandemic on social media ...

48 countries send letters to WHO, calling for stopping politicizing virus origins probe

48 countries have sent a joint letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) opposing the politicization of the probe on the origins of the virus, urging the organization to act ...

More intl scientists reject 'lab-leak' theory, shrug off right-wing Western media's pressure

Despite some Western media and politicians out of political purpose continue to distort the scientific community's views on COVID-19 origins and exert political pressure on scientists, a growing number of ...

World scientists slam COVID-19 'lab-leak' theory

Despite mounting political pressure, dozens of scientists recently published an open letter on international media journal The Lancet. In the letter they urged that science, not speculation, is essential to ...

Only purpose for US' manipulation of COVID-19 origins is to shift its response failure to China: Chinese FM

The only purpose for the political manipulation of COVID-19 origins by some people in the US is to shift the blame of their failure in COVID-19 response to China, but ...

Exclusive: Western scientists face government probe, death threats for opposing COVID-19 lab-leak theory: source

Prominent US and Australian scientists focused on the COVID-19 origins tracing are now facing tremendous political pressure, and some have been sidelined for not yielding to politicians-driven conspiracy theory on ...

Scientists truly upholding science on COVID-19 origins issue were attacked or even received death threats: Chinese FM

It's revealing that some so-called "international scientists" who recently called for COVID-19 origins inquiry were politicians with political agendas. But many scientists who truly uphold the spirit of science - ...

US not qualified to blackmail, threaten China on coronavirus origins probe: FM

The US has no right to blackmail or threaten China on the issue of the coronavirus origins probe, a spokesperson of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in response to ...

Chinese ambassador to France suggests WHO prioritizes US' Fort Detrick lab in next-stage investigation

The US' milking of the virus lab leak theory to attack China is a copycat of the “washing powder” lie that helped it start the Iraq War, and the WHO ...

Scientists close to the Wuhan virologist lab break silence, push away latest conspiracies

As the debate surrounding the origins of the COVID-19 virus has long branched out as Western politicians and media's muzzle of China-bashing, and individuals' tool to gain personal fame, Chinese ...

Wuhan virology lab head says four infection cases of COVID-19 and flu in early 2020 were not lab staff

The Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory in Wuhan Institute of Virology has kept annually the serum samples of lab staff and no reports of any abnormal diseases were received, and the ...

Chinese version of WHO report on COVID-19 origin-tracing joint study with China released

China's National Health Commission published on Tuesday the Chinese version of the World Health Organization (WHO) report of the joint study with Chinese experts in Wuhan on the global tracing ...

GT exclusive: WSJ-cited lab report on COVID-19 origins provides no new info, just 'pathetic story to push political agenda'

With US media and politicians again citing so-called "reports and evidence" hyping "the lab leak theory" on the question of COVID-19 origins, echoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's latest ...

World Insights: US disseminates political, information, moral virus with conspiracy theory on coronavirus origin

For political purposes, the US side continues to cross the moral bottom line, maliciously concocting conspiracy theories and spreading misinformation, which has fueled an anti-science trend, exacerbated racial discrimination, and ...

Scientists prepare rebuttal letter to Science on virus lab leak theory: insider

A number of preeminent epidemiologists and scientists in China and overseas said it's absolute nonsense to let intelligence agencies lead COVID-19 origins-tracing work, and some scientists are working on a ...

'Ridiculous' for Biden to customize a 90-day 'scientific' probe on virus origins

Despite US President Joe Biden showing his resolve to find out whether the coronavirus emerged from human contact with an infected animal or from a laboratory accident in a latest ...

US owes the world an explanation on Fort Detrick lab secrets: Chinese FM

While requiring China to participate in a comprehensive, transparent, evidence-based international investigation, the US should immediately launch a virus origins-tracing study on itself in cooperation with the World Health Organization ...

Chinese Embassy in US calls for thorough probe into secretive bases, labs around the world

The Chinese Embassy in US said in a statement that China supports a comprehensive study of all early cases of COVID-19 found worldwide and a thorough investigation into some secret ...

Follow-up studies on COVID-19 origins needed in countries reporting virus sequence in 2019 including northern Italy: WHO scientist

A Dutch virologist of the World Health Organization (WHO)-China joint study team said on Wednesday that the next-phase studies on coronavirus origins, which are based on recommendations in the WHO-China ...

Latest report of China's bat woman shows novel coronavirus closer to pangolins, 'unlikely from Wuhan lab'

Latest research again indicates that it was unlikely the novel coronavirus leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), experts said, amid US media's recent hyping of the lab leak ...

New research from Wuhan Institute of Virology further refutes novel coronavirus laboratory leakage

Researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences published a report that further refutes the highly hyped theory that the virus came from ...

WSJ report's claims of three researchers from Wuhan lab sick in November 2019 'completely untrue': Chinese FM

The report claiming that three researchers from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) became sick in November 2019 is completely untrue, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Monday, rejecting ...

Wuhan Institute of Virology lab director refutes WSJ report on sick staff, calling US intelligence doc 'a complete lie'

The so-called US intelligence report on sick staff at the Wuhan Institute of Virology is an outright lie that came from nowhere, Yuan Zhiming, director of the institute's Wuhan National ...

US biolab transparency urged after smearing China over weaponizing COVID-19

It is the US that is conducting biological warfare and bioterrorism using genetic engineering technology, rather than China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday in response to a media ...

FM, expert push back against Tedros' pursuit of 'lab leak' theory

China's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday urged the WHO to play a leading role in respecting science after WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus earlier commented that further investigation is needed on ...

Wuhan's Huanan market 'won't be demolished soon'; no more valuable info on virus origins available in it

Plans for Wuhan's Huanan seafood market, which was closely linked to the first batch of Chinese patients infected with COVID-19 and has been sealed off for more than a year ...

COVID-19 origins-tracing hindered by politics not from China, but US: Chinese FM

The so-called open letter written by 24 researchers from Europe, US, Australia and Japan on a new probe into COVID-19 origins is merely aimed at pressuring the World Health Organization ...

Joint report on virus origins 'delayed' due to priority on precision and quality, not interference: Chinese team leader

The report on coronavirus origins study by the WHO-China joint team was "delayed" due to their focus on precision and quality of the report, not outside interference, and the report ...