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Editor’s note: Chen Xu, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, has called for a “transparent investigation” into two laboratories in the United States as part of a study into the origins of the virus that causes Covid-19. Chen made the call in a letter sent to World Health Organ­isation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday.

Editor's note: Chen Xu, China's permanent representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, has called for a "transparent investigation" into two laboratories in the United States as part of a study into the origins of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Fort Detrick, where the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease (USAMRIID) is located, is the center of U.S. bio-military activities and notorious for its illegal, non-transparent and unsafe practices.