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More research is needed to identify coronavirus source, WHO says
From CNN Health's Jacqueline Howard
Dr. Mike Ryan, WHO executive director of health emergencies programme, speaks during a media briefing on May 4, in Geneva. WHO
Officials at the World Health Organization say they have no evidence of the novel coronavirus originating in a lab and suspect the virus likely originated from an animal source.
More research is needed to identify the specific host, WHO officials said during a media briefing in Geneva on Monday.
Last week, President Trump claimed he has seen evidence that gives him a "high degree of confidence" the coronavirus originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China, but declined to provide details around his assertion. His claim contradicted a rare on-the-record statement from his own intelligence community.
"If that data and evidence is available then it will be for the United States government to decide where and when it can be shared but it’s difficult for WHO to operate in an information vacuum in that specific regard. So we focus on what we know. We focus on the evidence we have," Ryan said.
Bats are the suspected source of both Covid-19 and MERS, but scientists also think that bats infected some other mammal that then infected people – an intermediate host.
More research is needed to identify coronavirus source, WHO says
From CNN Health's Jacqueline Howard
Dr. Mike Ryan, WHO executive director of health emergencies programme, speaks during a media briefing on May 4, in Geneva. WHO
Officials at the World Health Organization say they have no evidence of the novel coronavirus originating in a lab and suspect the virus likely originated from an animal source.
More research is needed to identify the specific host, WHO officials said during a media briefing in Geneva on Monday.
Last week, President Trump claimed he has seen evidence that gives him a "high degree of confidence" the coronavirus originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China, but declined to provide details around his assertion. His claim contradicted a rare on-the-record statement from his own intelligence community.
Ryan added that WHO "will be very willing to receive any information" about the origin of the coronavirus.
"If that data and evidence is available then it will be for the United States government to decide where and when it can be shared but it’s difficult for WHO to operate in an information vacuum in that specific regard. So we focus on what we know. We focus on the evidence we have," Ryan said.
Bats are the suspected source of both Covid-19 and MERS, but scientists also think that bats infected some other mammal that then infected people – an intermediate host.
