{"id":41149,"date":"2021-10-13T15:52:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T22:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=41149"},"modified":"2021-10-13T23:52:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T06:52:49","slug":"who-announces-new-team-to-study-coronavirus-origins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=41149","title":{"rendered":"WHO announces new team to study coronavirus origins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/rnnwyhjflccpshscpkgllpwwljpbcjcqqvlfhtbcncrtkr_sbmbmmvrvtbkvcbkcsjp.html?a=&amp;b=43274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/rnnwyhjflccpshscpkgllpwwljpbcjcqqvlfhtbcncrtkr_sbmbmmvrvtbkvcbkcsjp.html?a%3D%26b%3D43274&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1634251337011000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFFv2HW3H19G05SXzvvD0X_ogJSyA\">announced a new team<\/a>\u00a0to study the origins of the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 700 people applied for a spot on the team, with specialists in multiple fields included in the new group to satisfy those who believe the virus came from a lab in China.<\/p>\n<p>The team will advise the WHO on investigations into future diseases as well as study the beginnings of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe emergence of new viruses with the potential to spark epidemics and pandemics is a fact of nature, and while SARS-CoV-2 is the latest such virus, it will not be the last,\u201d WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Avoid politicization:<\/strong>\u00a0The team is looking to be a more permanent body so it can avoid politicization in future pandemics, WHO\u2019s COVID-19 technical lead\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/qswhyjnqdmmtcjcmtvgddthhdntrmnmbbfdqjprmsmwpvs_sbmbmmvrvtbkvcbkcsjp.html?a=&amp;b=43274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/qswhyjnqdmmtcjcmtvgddthhdntrmnmbbfdqjprmsmwpvs_sbmbmmvrvtbkvcbkcsjp.html?a%3D%26b%3D43274&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1634251337011000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHdIbcnmKFRKOBVqAD0J81B5qRzgw\">told The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to take this back to the science, take this back to our mandate as an organization to bring together the world\u2019s best minds to outline what needs to be done,\u201d Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO\u2019s COVID-19 technical lead told the newspaper<\/p>\n<p>China and the World Health Organization\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/svblwzjfpbbtgzgbtcmpptllpjthbjbddkpfzshbvbrscc_sbmbmmvrvtbkvcbkcsjp.html?a=&amp;b=43274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/svblwzjfpbbtgzgbtcmpptllpjthbjbddkpfzshbvbrscc_sbmbmmvrvtbkvcbkcsjp.html?a%3D%26b%3D43274&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1634251337011000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFK2xSBcAVoaQc9GOgUec_YKs-yCA\">released a scrutinized report<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year concluding the virus most likely came from wildlife instead of a laboratory.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation by the U.S. intelligence community also said there was inconclusive evidence to determine if the virus came from wildlife or a laboratory in Wuhan, China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) on&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41150,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41149\/revisions\/41150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}