BEIJING (Xinhua): Dr Gauden Galea, WHO representative in China, on Tuesday (May 5) told Xinhua that the World Health Organization (WHO) and China jointly identified a set of knowledge gaps on the animal source of the Covid-19 virus in February and that Chinese studies to fill these gaps will be crucial to helping prevent similar outbreaks in the future.
"China has the clinical, epidemiological, and laboratory capacity to conduct such studies," said Dr Galea.
This recommendation from the Emergency Committee follows its advice to WHO and China on Jan 23 and Jan 30 to pursue efforts to identify the animal source of the outbreak. The WHO is not involved in studies done in China and is willing to participate in studying the origin of the Covid-19 virus with other international partners at the invitation of the Chinese government, he said.
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