WHO is open to all opinions on the origin of the coronavirus said Tedros

A WHO official said the visit to Wuhan was an important scientific endeavour, adding that they were open to all ideas needed for ongoing research and studies.

The World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the coronavirus, on its way to Wuhan, China, Covid-19, will publish its first report next week, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom. A WHO official said the visit to Wuhan was an important scientific endeavour, adding that they were open to all ideas and needed ongoing research and studies.

Speaking at a press conference, Tedros told reporters, "There are questions raised about whether some ideas have been discarded.” "This has been a very important work for science in very difficult situations. The team of experts is working on a summary report which we hope will be published next week, and the final report will be published in the coming weeks," he added.

In addition, a WHO official said that the expert team would not receive all the answers, but that the aim would be to gain a better understanding of the early days of the epidemic. "We have also said that these machines will not get all the answers, but will add important details that will bring us closer to understanding the origins of the virus. After a 12-day visit to China to investigate the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan, the WHO team, earlier this week, dismissed the doctrine of a 'lab leak' of the virus.

According to the Washington Post, Peter Ben Embarek, Denmark's leading food safety expert who leads the international team, said his team would not recommend further investigations into the view that the virus was accidentally released from coronavirus research labs. Meanwhile, the US has expressed its desire to review the data used by the WHO team, which concluded that the virus that causes COVID-19 did not come from a laboratory in Wuhan.

According to Johns Hopkins University, 108,172,346 cases of COVID-19 were recorded worldwide and 2,382,336 deaths were reported. The United States continues to travel to the worst-affected country with more than 27,489,619 cases.