FILE PHOTO: People line up to get their nucleic acid test at a mass testing site following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing, China, January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
The scientists stated that the WHO team did not have adequate access to investigate the sources of the coronavirus.
A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of COVID-19 is planning to scrap an interim report on its recent mission to China amid mounting tensions between Beijing and Washington over the investigation and an appeal from one international group of scientists for a new probe, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
The scientists in a letter called for a fresh international inquiry, stating that the WHO team which visited Wuhan did not have adequate access to investigate the sources of the coronavirus, including whether it spread from a lab.
The US has called for more transparency in the investigation, shortly after it the new dispensation…