China declines WHO terms for deeper probe into COVID-19 origin

A top Chinese health official on Thursday rejected an offer by the World Health Organization (WHO) to conduct further research into the background of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Virus (COVID-19), which aims to explore the lab-leak theory that has gained more traction since May. "It is impossible for us to accept such an origin-tracing plan," said deputy head of the National Health Commission Zeng Yixin on Thursday, July 22 in a press conference in Beijing, according to Axios . Previously deemed a conspiracy theory, the lab-leak idea suggested that the CCP Virus that causes the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, was initially…