GENEVA, Switzerland — The WHO chief urged China Thursday to be more cooperative in the next phase of investigations into the pandemic origins, demanding more access to raw data. Tedros acknowledged Thursday that one of the main challenges during the first phase of the investigation was "access to raw data... The raw data was not shared." The WHO chief, who is an immunologist, stressed that he himself had previously worked as a lab technician, "and lab accidents happen." Tedros had previously lamented that the international team did not have access to all the raw data needed to make a proper assessment.

Source: Philippine Star July 15, 2021 16:52 UTC