Chinese officials are reportedly blocking efforts by international experts to study the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that investigators and researchers have been assisting Chinese officials as part of a World Health Organization (WHO) mission to search for the origin of COVID-19, only for Chinese officials to go silent and refuse to release updates on the project.
Data from that mission, including a map detailing the possible spread of the virus in the Huanan seafood market, has been kept secret by China’s government.
U.S.-based groups such as the EcoHealth Alliance told the Journal that their offers to assist in th