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Covid: What the world wants China to disclose in Wuhan lab leak probe

The Group of Seven leaders are set to call for a fresh, transparent, WHO convened study into the origins of this virus, according to a draft statement.

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A woman wearing a protective mask sits in her car at the Baishazhou wet market in Wuhan, China. Photo: Bloomberg

Kwan Wei Kevin Tan and Jason Gale | Bloomberg
The U.S. push for a new inquiry to determine the origins of the coronavirus -- including whether it leaked from a Wuhan lab -- raises a key question: What has China failed to disclose?

The Group of Seven leaders this weekend are set to call for a fresh, transparent, World Health Organization-convened study into the origins of this virus, according to a draft statement seen by Bloomberg News. Yet so far they’ve been vague on what exactly they want.

In his statement giving intelligence agencies 90 days to redouble efforts into the origin of Covid-19, President Joe Biden asked them to come

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