Peter Daszak, a member of the World Health Organization’s team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, arrives at Wuhan’s airport in China on Wednesday. Photo: Kyodo Peter Daszak, a member of the World Health Organization’s team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, arrives at Wuhan’s airport in China on Wednesday. Photo: Kyodo
Peter Daszak, a member of the World Health Organization’s team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, arrives at Wuhan’s airport in China on Wednesday. Photo: Kyodo
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American on World Health Organization coronavirus investigation team dismisses US intelligence

  • Peter Daszak suggests President Joe Biden was only sceptical about the WHO’s trip to Wuhan because he ‘has to look tough on China’
  • Observers have criticised the inclusion of Daszak as the WHO mission’s sole American because he was affiliated with the Wuhan Institute of Virology

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic: All stories
Jacob Fromer
Jacob Fromer in Washington

Updated: 7:40am, 11 Feb, 2021

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Peter Daszak, a member of the World Health Organization’s team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, arrives at Wuhan’s airport in China on Wednesday. Photo: Kyodo Peter Daszak, a member of the World Health Organization’s team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, arrives at Wuhan’s airport in China on Wednesday. Photo: Kyodo
Peter Daszak, a member of the World Health Organization’s team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, arrives at Wuhan’s airport in China on Wednesday. Photo: Kyodo
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