The World Health Organisation (WHO) has accused China of withholding information on Covid origins. The global health agency criticised China for not sharing scientific data samples taken from a market in Wuhan in 2020, saying that it could have provided significant information and helped tackle the pandemic, which claimed millions of lives worldwide, reports The New York Times (NYT) newspaper.

WHO accuses China of holding back information on Covid origins, seeks details

With China on Saturday (January 14) releasing data about almost 60,000 Covid-related deaths in one month (between December 8, 2022, and January 12 this year), the World Health Organisation (WHO) urged Beijing to share more information about the virus.

WHO urges China to share more Covid info after it reports huge spike in deaths

The World Health Organisation said on Wednesday that while China was now making more data on COVID-19 readily available, it is still heavily underreporting deaths caused by the disease.

China ‘heavily underreporting’ COVID deaths, lack info for proper risk assessment, says WHO

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WHO accuses China of holding back information on Covid origins, seeks details

WHO urges China to share more Covid info after it reports huge spike in deaths

China ‘heavily underreporting’ COVID deaths, lack info for proper risk assessment, says WHO