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It is critical that the hunt for the origins of COVID-19 transcend politics and borders, experts say.
Politicization of health issues runs counter to global interests, said Xu Liping, a researcher at the National Institute of International Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, adding that global solidarity should be ramped up to solve the pandemic rather than politicizing it.
The remarks came after US President Joe Biden recently ordered an official investigation into the origins of possible links between the novel coronavirus and a laboratory in Wuhan.
Late last month Jake Sullivan, a US national security adviser, said China will face isolation in the international community if it does not cooperate with a further investigation into the origin of the pandemic, Bloomberg reported.
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2021-07-08 10:56 By: GMW.cn
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For some time, the US has been making a big fuss about the origin of the novel coronavirus and has produced ridiculous lies about it - one of the most absurd was the lab leak theory that came out of nowhere. Those behind such conspiracy embrace the presumption of guilt, and trust me, they are good at finding evidence with a predesigned conclusion in hand. However, doing so is not making any sense at all, nor is it consistent with facts. It undermines the global fight against COVID-19, and is detrimental to the public.