Politicizing WHO research harmful to anti-pandemic fight: China Daily editorial

A staff member sprays disinfectant at a community which was classified as a medium-risk area for COVID-19, in Yuhua district of Shijiazhuang, North China’s Hebei province, Jan 12, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] A World Health Organization-led team of scientists from different countries arrived in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Thursday, hoping to trace back the origin of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus from the city. Perhaps not surprisingly that has prompted a revival of the finger-pointing at what are alleged to have been China’s early mistakes. But as the WHO has stressed, the purpose of the joint scientific research is to try…