Understanding Covid not about finding blaming someone, says WHO as Beijing greenlights international investigation
The World Health Organisation said on Monday that the international investigation into the Covid-19 pandemic's origins, set to start this week in China, was not looking for "somebody to blame". WHO Emergencies Director Michael Ryan said the delayed mission -- finally given the green light by Beijing -- was about science, not politics.
The investigation will begin from Thursday by ten international experts to look for origins of the coronavirus, more than a year after the pandemic began.
"Understanding the origins of disease is not about finding somebody to blame. It is about finding the scientific answers about the very important interface between the animal kingdom and the human kingdom." Ryan told a press conference in Geneva.
"It is an absolute requirement that we understand that interface. We are looking for the answers here, not culprits and not people to blame," he added.
