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    China Has Rejected A WHO Plan For Further Investigation Into The Origins Of COVID-19

    Chinese officials say they cannot support a second phase of a study into the origins of the pandemic, including new investigation into the theory that the virus might have leaked from a Chinese lab.
    by The Associated Press Jul 22, 2021 2 minutes

    BEIJING — China cannot accept the World Health Organization's plan for the second phase of a study into the origins of COVID-19, a senior Chinese health official said Thursday.

    Zeng Yixin, the vice minister of the National Health Commission, said he was "rather taken aback" that the plan includes further investigation of the theory that the virus might have leaked from a Chinese lab.

    He dismissed the lab leak idea

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