Beijing may reluctantly decide to support an independent inquiry into the origins of COVID-19 because it knows another pandemic will cause “catastrophic” damage for its global standing in the world, according to The Australian’s Troy Bramston.
Over 100 nations have endorsed an EU motion that calls for a systemic review into the causes and handling of the COVID-19 crisis.
The motion, which is expected to pass the World Health Assembly this week, does not mention China specifically but does urge the international to identify the “zoonotic source of the virus and the route of introduction to the human population, including the possible role of intermediate hosts, including through efforts such as scientific and collaborative field missions.”
Sky News host Sharri Markson says the “Left have actually lost the plot” after suggestions there should be an investigation, not into how China “destroyed evidence of the virus” but into a dossier revealing China’s COVID-19 cover up.
Ms Markson revealed US and UK intelligence agencies are currently reviewing a private analysis of cellphone location data which purports to show the Wuhan Institute of Virology “shut down from October 7 through to October 24”.
“It suggests there may have been a ‘hazardous event’ at the facility sometime between October 6 and 11,” she said.
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few days ago Australia was described as chewing gum on the boot of China that needed to be scraped off on a rock. The insult came from an influential Chinese newspaper editor who is backed by the ruling Communist Party. Australia’s crime? The Chinese think we’re troublemakers because the Morrison government is calling for an independent inquiry into the origins and spread of coronavirus. It’s fair to say Canberra’s relationship with Beijing is currently fractured, but understanding why China is so defensive, not to mention petulant, can be difficult because the regime is so suspicious of the western media. However, in an exclusive and at times robust interview with Tara Brown, Professor Chen Hong, head of the Australian Studies Centre in Shanghai, argues the Chinese case.
Australia’s calls for an independent inquiry into the origins of COVID-19 is “reasonable” and not targeted at any specific country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said.
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The Morrison government says it won’t bend to economic coercion, after China ramped up its campaign against an international inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the Head of Treasury has defended the time it’s taken to roll out financial support.
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The Federal Government officially launched its coronavirus tracing app COVIDSafe on Sunday, with Australians quick to install it on their mobile phones.
Meanwhile, the Chinese ambassador to Australia has warned that the Morrison Government risks retaliation from Beijing if it continues pushing for an international inquiry into the origins of COVID-19.
Andrew Probyn reports.
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