Psaki says WHO report on coronavirus origin 'lacks transparency'

White House press secretary Jen Psaki joined a growing sea of voices skeptical of a new report from the World Health Organization on the origins of Covid-19, saying the White House believes China has 'not been transparent' in releasing its findings. 

Psaki said that medical experts and the global community "all deserve greater transparency." She said the report lacks crucial information and provides a "partial, incomplete picture" of the virus’ origin. She called on China and the WHO to allow international experts "unfettered access" to data and to allow them to ask questions of people on the ground at the time of the outbreak. Psaki said that U.S. medical experts are still reviewing the report, but the White House believes it "doesn’t meet the moment."  Earlier this year, a WHO-led team of international and Chinese medical experts spent four weeks in Wuhan examining the origins of the virus but had little power to conduct an independent investigation during their trip.