UK says it shares U.S. concerns over WHO COVID-19 mission to China

FILE PHOTO: (R-L) Marion Koopmans and Peter Ben Embarek, members of the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Liang Wannian, head of expert panel on COVID-19 response at China’s National Health Commission, and Chinese National Health Commission spokesman Mi Feng attend the WHO-China joint study news conference at a hotel in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song

LONDON (Reuters) – British foreign minister Dominic Raab said he shared concerns about the level of access given to a World Health Organisation COVID-19 fact-finding mission to China, echoing criticism from the United States.

“We do share concerns that they get full cooperation and they get the answers they need, and so we’ll be pushing for it to have full access, get all the data it needs,” Raab said in a BBC interview when asked if he shared U.S. concerns.

Reporting by William James; Editing by Gareth Jones

source: reuters.com