China says it does not reject cooperation on Covid-19 origin tracing

China has never rejected cooperation on tracing the origins of Covid-19 but rejects the politicization of such a search, state media quoted the country's vice foreign minister as saying.

China is continuing to conduct "follow-up and supplementary" research into the origins of the novel coronavirus as specified in a joint report with the World Health Organization (WHO) released earlier this year, said Ma Zhaoxu, according to Xinhua.

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The WHO on Thursday called for all governments to cooperate to accelerate studies into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic and "to depoliticize the situation."