China must share more data on virus origins, says WHO chief
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), reacts during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on Dec 20, 2021.
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PUBLISHED ONDecember 21, 2021 7:06 AM
GENEVA - China must be more forthcoming with data and information related to the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday (Dec 20).
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that there had been "many failures" during the Covid-19 pandemic due to a lack of rules or obligations under the WHO's current 2005 International Health Regulations.
"We need to continue until we know the origins, we need to push harder because we should learn from what happened this time in order to (do) better in the future," Tedros told a news briefing for Geneva journalists.