Coronavirus live news: India variant found in at least 53 countries; calls grow for new inquiry into Covid origins
WHO says it has also received reports from unofficial sources of India variant in seven more countries; United States and other countries call for more in-depth investigation into pandemic origins; South Korea to relax mask rules
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The United States and other countries have called for a more in-depth investigation of the pandemic origins, after an international mission to China earlier this year proved inconclusive.
Addressing the World Health Organization’s main annual meeting of member states in Geneva, representatives from several countries stressed the continued need to solve the mystery of how Covid-19 first began spreading among humans.
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The coronavirus variant first detected in India has now been officially recorded in 53 territories, a World Health Organization report showed Wednesday, AFP reports.
Additionally, the WHO has received information from unofficial sources that the B.1.617 variant has been found in seven other territories, figures in the UN health agency’s weekly epidemiological update showed, taking the total to 60.
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