CCTV News (News Network): The State Council Information Office issued the white paper "China's Actions and Positions on Prevention and Control of the New Coronavirus Epidemic and Traceability of the Virus" on April 30.
The white paper introduces that since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, China has continued to invest a lot of resources to support its own scientists and international colleagues in conducting research on the origin of the new crown virus, always fulfilling its international responsibilities with an open and transparent attitude and a scientific and professional spirit, and fully cooperate and support the World Health Organization's joint research on the origin of the new crown virus.
The white paper said that through systematic research, China and the WHO ruled out the possibility that Wuhan is the natural origin of the new coronavirus, and believed that the "Wuhan laboratory leak" path was extremely unlikely, and provided key empirical data and research paradigms to the global scientific community.
The white paper says that China has always adhered to the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, carried out extensive international anti-epidemic cooperation, and shared epidemic information and virus gene sequences with the World Health Organization and the international community as soon as possible. It has invited the International Group of World Health Organization to conduct cooperation on tracing the origin of the new coronavirus in China many times, and shared prevention and control and diagnosis and treatment experience without reservation, provided a large amount of material assistance and technical support to the international community, and did its best to support the global fight against the epidemic.
The white paper pointed out that the US side has not only not reflective and awakens its own anti-epidemic efforts, but also "passes the blame" and diverts attention, tracing the source of the new coronavirus, seriously undermining global solidarity to respond to the epidemic, and creating obstacles to global public health governance. A large amount of evidence suggests that the US COVID-19 outbreak occurred earlier than its official announcement and earlier than the outbreak of the epidemic in China. A comprehensive and in-depth investigation into the origin of the new coronavirus should be carried out in the United States.
The white paper states that infectious diseases are the common enemy of mankind. China will continue to work hand in hand with other countries to promote global public health development and governance, and make more positive efforts and contributions to preventing possible new infectious diseases in the future.
