The World Health Organization (WHO) has selected its panel to investigate the origin of COVID-19, saying it is the 'last chance' to do so. The 26 members of this panel include several individuals of the Wuhan probe who went to China in February for investigating the source of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

WHO says it is 'last chance' to find origin of COVID-19

China has accused the United States of 'politicisation' and 'scapegoating' over its efforts to trace the origin of the coronavirus. After the release of a intelligence report on the COVID-19, China demanded, without any evidence, that American labs be investigated.

China accuses US of 'politicisation' and 'scapegoating' over COVID-19 origin report

White House has called Chinese opposition to a World Health Organization probe into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic as "irresponsible" and "dangerous." "Their position is irresponsible and frankly dangerous .

White House calls China's opposition to probe into Covid origins 'irresponsible'

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaking on the phone from the G7 summit in England to top Chinese Politburo official Yang Jiechi called for "cooperation and transparency regarding the origin of the virus".

'Absurd story': Blinken dials top Chinese official on virus transparency, Taiwan

Health ministers from at least 194 states are attending the WHO's annual world health assembly. The meeting is expected to focus on pandemic reforms. Watch: However, 18 months into the pandemic, there is still no proof about the origin of the pandemic - bats, minks, frozen meat or an accidental lab leak?

Bats, minks, frozen meat or lab leak? WHO still in the dark over coronavirus origin

As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, World Health Organization's(WHO) assistant director-general Samira Asma said worldwide death toll "would truly be two to three times higher".

Total COVID-19 deaths at least two to three times higher than officially reported: WHO official

One year back, the World Health Organisation (WHO) had appointed an independent panel to probe what went wrong and how the outbreak in Wuhan turned into a global catastrophe.

'21st century Chernobyl moment': WHO panel fails to address virus origin

The US and UK have criticised the World Health Organization (WHO) on its report looking into the beginnings of the coronavirus pandemics. US and UK, along with 12 other countries, have issued a statement of resistance against the WHO's report and have accused China of "withholding access to complete, original data and samples".

US, UK, along with 12 countries, criticise WHO's report on COVID origin

A few hours after the World Health Organization (WHO) accused China of not sharing the required data on coronavirus pandemic's origin, China has hit back claiming these accusations to be fake.

China denies WHO's accusation of not sharing COVID data

The World Health Organization chief on Tuesday criticised the lack of data access from China for the study on the origins of COVID-19. China refused to give raw data on early COVID-19 cases to the WHO-led team, one of the team’s investigators has already said, potentially complicating efforts to understand how the global pandemic began.

WHO chief criticises lack of data access from China for Covid origins' study

The World Health Organization (WHO) team that visited Wuhan to investigate the origins of coronavirus has postponed publishing their report on Tuesday. "The report is simply not ready," WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told reporters.

WHO postpones coronavirus origin report, likely to be out next week

The World Health Organization (WHO) team is planning to scrap its interim report on its investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic in Wuhan amid mounting tensions between Beijing and Washington over the probe, a report said.

WHO to scrap interim report on COVID-19 origin gathered in Wuhan: Report

A team of experts led by the World Health Organization (WHO) investigating the origins of COVID-19 on Wednesday visited a laboratory in China's Wuhan Institute of Virology that American officials have suggested could have been the source of the outbreak.

World Health Organization team visits China virus lab in Wuhan