World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday urged leaders not to politicise the hunt for the origins of the novel coronavirus as it will not help in unearthing the truth of the virus.
Addressing a press briefing, Tedros said that the WHO will start the study from Wuhan and based on the findings, it will explore “if there are other avenues”.
“We are doing everything to make sure that we know the origin. Some have been politicising this. Our position is very clear that we’ll start the study from Wuhan, know what has happened there and based on findings, to explore if there are other avenues,” he said.
Reiterating WHO’s position, he said, “I would like to assure you that the WHO’s position is very very clear. We need to know the origin of this virus because it can help us to prevent future outbreaks.”
He further said that last week the world saw the first decline in the newly-reported cases of coronavirus since September due…