U.S. Gets Crucial EU Support for New Study Into Covid’s Origins
- Draft statement says study should be free from interference
- U.S. has previously called for more transparency from China
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The U.S. and the European Union are set to back a renewed push into investigating the origins of Covid-19 after conflicting assessments about where the outbreak started, according to a document seen by Bloomberg News.
In a draft statement the countries hope to adopt at a summit later this month, they “call for progress on a transparent, evidence-based, and expert-led WHO-convened phase 2 study on the origins of COVID-19, that is free from interference.”