Beijing says it "took an active part" in drafting a formal call at the World Health Organization for a global investigation into the source of the coronavirus.
As the number of coronavirus infections reported worldwide nears the 5 million mark, China has eased its resistance to mounting calls for an investigation into the origin of the pathogen. But the Chinese leader made it clear Monday that Beijing believes the time for such questions hasn't come yet.
More than 100 of the World Health Organization's 194 member nations now support an international investigation into the disease's origin, including the U.S., Russia, Japan, South Korea, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Australia and the European Union were to table a formal motion for such a probe Monday at the annual meeting of the World Health Organization's top policy-making body, the World Health Assembly.
The resolution at the Assembly calling for an investigation would need the support of two-thirds of member states, or about 130 countries, to be taken forward. Security guards patrol outside the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, where the new coronavirus was detected early on in Wuhan, China, January 24, 2020. HECTOR RETAMAL/Getty
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