UK says it shares U.S. concerns over WHO COVID-19 mission to China

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UK says it shares U.S. concerns over WHO COVID-19 mission to China

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Foreign Affairs Secretary Dominic Raab walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain, February 3, 2021. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday he shared concerns about the level of access given to a World Health Organization COVID-19 fact-finding mission to China, echoing criticism from the United States.

 

The White House on Saturday called on China to make available data from the earliest days of the novel coronavirus outbreak, saying it had "deep concerns" about the way the findings of the WHO's COVID-19 report were communicated.

 

Asked about the U.S. reaction, Raab told the BBC: "We do share concerns that they get full cooperation and they get the answers they need, and so we'll be pushing for it to have full access, get all the data it needs to be able to answer the questions that I think most people want to hear answered around the outbreak."

 

In a separate BBC interview, a member of the WHO's delegation to China said that, while Chinese authorities had not given them all raw data, they had seen a lot of information and discussed analysis of the first cases.

 

"It would be unusual for them to hand over the raw data, but we looked at a great deal of information in detail in discussion with the Chinese counterparts," said John Watson, an epidemiologist who travelled to China as part of the WHO team.

 

On Saturday, Dominic Dwyer, an Australian infectious diseases expert, who is also a member of the team, said China had refused access to all the data requested.

 

(Reporting by William James; Editing by Gareth Jones and Barbara Lewis)

 

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[sammieuk1]

After some of the statements coming out after the visit a check on bank statements may now also be in order ????

[Mike Rodik]

I cannot wait till china blames it on frozen food import from your favorite country ????

[Enzian]

Why would they provide the data? That would just make it more difficult for them to make it happen the next time.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday he shared concerns about the level of access given to a World Health Organization COVID-19 fact-finding mission to China, echoing criticism from the United States

The visit was a complete sham, organised and chaperoned by the Chinese at every stage, all data and all conversations with whom were sorted out well ahead of time, without any access to ask individuals anything without a mentor being present.

3 weeks of a PR sham. The director of WHO should resign.

[Pique Dard]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

 China had refused access to all the data requested.

i'm not surprised, are you?

[saminoz]

Simply state that if China does not give full cooperation, then it must be assumed that this was either a pre-meditated biological attack by China, or they inadvertently allowed somethingto escape one of their many bio labs.

[tifino]

1 minute ago, saminoz said:

Simply state that if China does not give full cooperation, then it must be assumed that this was either a pre-meditated biological attack by China, or they inadvertently allowed somethingto escape one of their many bio labs.

 yes,, and CCP Face really hates that cast cloud of doubt now hovering above them...  

[2530Ubon]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The White House on Saturday called on China to make available data from the earliest days of the novel coronavirus outbreak, saying it had "deep concerns" about the way the findings of the WHO's COVID-19 report were communicated.

What findings? They haven't found anything, and they haven't been allowed to find anything the CCP doesn't want them to find.

 

30 minutes ago, saminoz said:

Simply state that if China does not give full cooperation, then it must be assumed that this was either a pre-meditated biological attack by China, or they inadvertently allowed somethingto escape one of their many bio labs.

I agree with this, fantastic idea. The world has been devastated by this disease and allowing the CCP to do it's usual bullsh-t run-around game just shouldn't be allowed. It's time for real answers.

 

This virus is getting worse and worse, easier to transmit and more deadly. If it keeps going this way, and we don't get any answers about the source of the disease, we could be looking at complete chaos in a few years time.

[Ireland32]

WHO trust WHO or China 

[Stargeezr]

Yup  the Wuhan virus had to come from somewhere.    China if it did not come from

Wuhan, you should have all sorts of data, of where it did originate.  Good Luck with that.

Geezer

[placnx]

8 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

After some of the statements coming out after the visit a check on bank statements may now also be in order ????

In the case of academics with previous or current projects in China, if they go against the Chinese narrative they and their institutions risk losing access in China. Then they may also lose grant money from their own governments.

[ourmanflint]

Spotlight was taken off Wuhan Institute of Virology rather too quickly I think. 

[from the home of CC]

I don't believe they really care about any ones concerns, they have economic world domination on their mind..

[Isaan sailor]

A better question, who believes China’s story?

[NanLaew]

2 hours ago, ourmanflint said:

Spotlight was taken off Wuhan Institute of Virology rather too quickly I think. 

 

That spotlight turned off maybe last summer when the Chinese themselves announced that a previous case and a small cluster pre-empted the Wuhan breakout in another province. I guess that got lost in the noise when everyone was hell-bent on finding out if the "lab leak" was accidental or deliberate.

 

Much more recently (like last week), the Australian participant, Professor Dominic Dwyer, already commented publicly that the "Patient 0" that the Chinese permitted the team to interview told them that he had never, ever been near the Wuhan wet market.

 

https://9now.nine.com.au/60-minutes/covid19-patient-zero-may-not-have-contracted-the-virus-from-wuhan-wet-market-who/10a22ff3-7773-4a98-8191-200a13bbc69b