Our reporter Yang Xun "People's Daily" (Edition 03 on August 4, 2021)
For a period of time, government officials , experts and scholars from many countries have spoken out, calling on the international community to unite in the fight against the epidemic, and oppose the stigmatization, labeling, and politicization of the epidemic
Official The traceability of the new coronavirus requires solid scientific evidence
The traceability of the new coronavirus requires solid scientific evidence Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Anutin said that the source of the virus should be determined by scientists through highly professional research.
Prime Minister The Acting Minister of the Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan, Wahid Majruh, said: “The tracing of the new crown virus requires solid scientific evidence and needs to be traced in multiple regions
Dmitry Lviv, a famous Russian virologist and World Health Organization expert, said that he has no doubt about the natural origin of the new coronavirus system
Northeast Brazil Unite new crown pneumonia epidemic scientific committee will Coordinator Miguel Nico Lelis, said the new crown transmission of the virus from animals to humans directly, or host transmitted to humans through the middle of some kind, most likely in two ways , Did not find any evidence to support other hypotheses
Committee member Pakistan Islamic Director of Institute of Peace and diplomacy Fort Mohammad Asif Noor, wrote recently in the media, some of the United States and other Western countries ignore scientific facts, will crown the new virus outbreaks traceable and politicized, such acts more than the virus itself Fatal
IslamicAnwar Adams, chairman of theSouth African Democratic Independence Party and Cape Town councillor, recently published a commentary in the local media, criticizing some people in the United States for politicizing the source of the new crown virus, and that the World Health Organization should consider the United States Fort Detrick biological experiment To conduct traceability investigations .
Democratic chairman China's openness and transparency, timely and effective control of the epidemic
China's openness and transparency, timely and effective control of the epidemic South Africa’s Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sukraal said that China’s cooperation in the World Health Organization virus traceability issue is commendable
Uganda government spokesperson and director of the National Media Center Ovwono Opundo believes that some countries' malicious attacks on China surrounding the epidemic are an attempt to undermine China's influence in international affairs
Shemonil, president of the Cambodia-China Relations Development Association, said that China has set a good example for other countries in fighting the epidemic
Majruh stated that China has an open and transparent attitude on the traceability of the new crown virus and actively participates in global traceability cooperation
In Nuer's view, China and the Chinese people have not only succeeded in controlling the epidemic at home, they have always shared information about the virus with the World Health Organization and the international community openly and transparently, and provided urgently needed anti-epidemic materials to many countries, including Pakistan
Benjamin Pogosian, director of the Armenian Political and Economic Strategy Research Center, recently published a signed article saying that the United States and a few other Western countries ignore scientific facts and use political means to manipulate traceability issues that are unpopular
Constructive cooperation and exchanges at the international level are particularly important
Constructive cooperation and exchanges at the international level are particularly important Jonathan Stoyer, a virologist at the Francis Crick Institute in the United Kingdom, said that clarifying the source of the new crown virus is a difficult challenge.
Noor said that as a sovereign country, China has every right to question some of the actions of the United States and other countries
Sukraal said that since the WHO's complete research report on the traceability of the new coronavirus in March this year has been made, there is no need to continue to argue on this point
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He said, "Countries should cooperate and collaborate with each other.
" The international community should focus on how to help developing countries obtain vaccines, ensure equitable distribution of vaccines, and economic reconstruction
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Opundo believes that the fight against the epidemic should be led by the World Health Organization under the United Nations, and jointly deal with it through cooperation under a multilateral framework
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Politicizing the origin of the virus is of no avail.
The World Health Organization is the world's authoritative public health agency for conducting such investigations.
Countries should rely on the World Health Organization to conduct research together
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"I think all countries and media should
conduct responsible discussions on the premise of respecting scientific evidence .
" David Heyman, an infectious disease ecologist at Massey University in New Zealand, said that the current survey methods under the WHO framework It's more practical
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In the next step, deeper, open and transparent international cooperation will help to do better research on the new coronavirus
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In view of the current mutation of the new crown virus in many countries and regions in the world, cooperation between countries and the leadership of authoritative international organizations are particularly important
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Focus on the new crown pneumonia epidemic
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