No Timeline Yet For New Covid Origins Probe: WHO

US President Joe Biden this week ordered the US intelligence community to investigate whether the COVID-19 virus first emerged in China from an animal source or from a laboratory accident.

Facing intensifying pressure for a new, more in-depth investigation of the Covid-19 pandemic origins, the World Health Organization said Friday that it was still awaiting expert guidance. US President Joe Biden this week ordered the US intelligence community to investigate whether the COVID-19 virus first emerged in China from an animal source or from a laboratory accident. The move hints at growing impatience with waiting for a conclusive WHO investigation into how the pandemic that has killed more than 3.5 million people worldwide began.  The European Union and a range of other countries also pressed during an ongoing meeting of WHO member states for clarity on the next steps in its efforts to solve the mystery, seen as vital to averting future pandemics.