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In this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, a security person moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in Wuhan in China's Hubei province. A member of the expert team investigating the origins of the coronavirus in Wuhan says the Chinese side granted full access to all sites and personnel they requested to visit and meet with. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) **FILE**

‘Shocked’: China blasts WHO over plan for COVID-19 origin study

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In this Monday, May 24, 2021 file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks at the WHO headquarters, in Geneva, Switzerland. The head of the World Health Organization said Thursday, July 15 that he is asking China to be more transparent as scientists search for the origins of the coronavirus and acknowledged it was premature to rule out that the pandemic may have been linked to a laboratory leak. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

WHO chief admits it was ‘premature’ to rule out COVID lab leak

By Frank Jordans and Maria Cheng - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, July 11, 2021 file photo, a doctor fills a syringe with the Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Kabul, Afghanistan. Top officials at the World Health Organization said Monday, July 12 there is not enough evidence to show that third doses of coronavirus vaccines are needed and appealed for the scarce shots to be shared with poor countries who have yet to immunize their populations instead of being used by rich countries as boosters. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, file)

WHO: Rich countries should donate vaccines, not use boosters

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press

In this Feb. 9, 2021, file photo, Peter Ben Embarek of the World Health Organization team holds up a chart showing pathways of transmission of the virus during a joint news conference at the end of the WHO mission in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. As the World Health Organization draws up plans for the next phase of its probe of how the coronavirus pandemic started, an increasing number of scientists say the U.N. agency isn’t up to the task and shouldn’t be the one to investigate. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Experts question if WHO should lead pandemic origins probe

By Maria Cheng and Dake Kang - Associated Press

In this Thursday, March 14, 2019, file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, about the update on WHO Ebola operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, File)

WHO chief concedes ‘slow’ response to Congo sex abuse claims

By Maria Cheng - Associated Press

In this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, a security person moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in Wuhan in China's Hubei province. A member of the expert team investigating the origins of the coronavirus in Wuhan says the Chinese side granted full access to all sites and personnel they requested to visit and meet with. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) **FILE**

Biden to intelligence community: ‘Redouble efforts’ on COVID-19 origins

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, May 20, 2021, photo, President Joe Biden speaks in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington. Biden is asking U.S. intelligence agencies to “redouble” efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. He says there is insufficient evidence to conclude “whether it emerged from human contact with an infected animal or from a laboratory accident.” (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Inside the Ring: Biden team shuts down State Department’s COVID-19 probe

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this Monday, March 9, 2020, file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, speaks during a news conference, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

WHO chief: We must vaccinate 10% of the global population by September, 30% by December

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Long-haul carrier Emirates to ship aid for free into India

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 file photo, a medical worker poses with a vial of the Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, file) **FILE**

WHO panel OKs emergency use of China’s Sinopharm vaccine

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 file photo, a medical worker poses with a vial of the Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, file) **FILE**

Sinopharm, China’s COVID-19 vaccine, wins WHO approval for emergency use

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Wang Wenbin gestures during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Friday, July 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China rejects G-7 criticism on human rights

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In this file photo dated Wednesday, April 14, 2021, a pharmacist fills a syringe from a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Antwerp, Belgium. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

UN program inks Moderna deal on 500M doses, starting in Q4

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Nurse Natasha Garcia administers a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Magaly Esparza in a mobile clinic set up in the parking lot of a shopping center in Orange, Calif., Thursday, April 29, 2021. The mobile unit, launched in February by Families Together of Orange County, began its service to provide better access to the COVID-19 vaccine within the community and to prevent vaccine hesitation, according to mobile operations manager Parsia Jahanbani. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

WHO approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

People wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus walk under a banner emphasizing an enhanced social distancing campaign in front of Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. The banner reads: &quot;We have to stop before COVID-19 stops everything.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Asia Today: India records 320K cases as foreign help arrives

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FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2020 file photo, Francesco Zambon, lead author of a withdrawn World Health Organization (WHO) report into Italy's coronavirus response, shows his report during an interview with The Associated Press in Rome. Italian prosecutors formally accused top WHO official Ranieri Guerra of lying to them about a spiked U.N. report into Italy’s coronavirus response, revealing private communications Friday that are likely to embarrass the U.N. agency. Emails show that Guerra tried to have one of the main report authors, Dr. Francesco Zambon, alter the data in the report to say that Italy had “updated&quot; its pandemic plan when it had not. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, file)

Italy health chief distances himself from spiked WHO report

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Director Avril Haines of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) testifies during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)

Avril Haines, William Burns rip WHO report on COVID-19 origins

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A Torlak Institute's employee waits for the visit of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, April 15, 2021. Serbia has announced it will begin packing and later producing Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, which would make it the first European state outside Russia and Belarus to begin manufacturing the jab. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

WHO: Europe has surpassed 1 million COVID-19 deaths

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FILE - In this March 11, 2021 file photo, a healthcare worker strokes the forehead of a COVID-19 patient at a field hospital built inside the Citibanamex convention center in Mexico City. According to a report released the third week of April, by the University of California, San Francisco, Mexico would have had a significantly lower COVID-19 death toll if it had reacted as well as the average government. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

The Latest: Half eligible Californians have at least 1 shot

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Director Avril Haines of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) testifies during a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

COVID-19 originated either from lab breach or infected animal: U.S. intel chief Avril Haines

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times