SHANGHAI&nbsp;- The head of China's Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday (April 8) urged the World Health Organisation (WHO) to return to a "scientific, fair" position in tracing the origin of Covid-19.

At a news conference, Shen Hongbing warned the WHO against politicising the source of the virus, which was first detected in central China in late 2019, or becoming a tool of another country.

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SHANGHAI - The head of China's Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday (April 8) urged the World Health Organisation (WHO) to return to a "scientific, fair" position in tracing the origin of Covid-19. At a news conference, Shen Hongbing warned the WHO against politicising the source of the virus, which was first detected in central China in...

China CDC urges WHO to take scientific fair position on Covid-19 origins