United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister (PM) Boris Johnson said today, Monday, that world powers should conclude a global treaty on epidemics to ensure appropriate transparency after the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (known also as COVID-19) that some people think originated in China in December 2019.
In response to a question about who is responsible for any lack of transparency about the origins of the "Covid 19" pandemic, Johnson said: "I think it is fairly clear that most of the evidence indicates that the disease originated in Wuhan, China" according to "Reuters".
"So we all need to know as much information as possible about how this happens, and about the questions about animal sources that people are asking. I think we need as much data as possible," he added.
Johnson pointed out that he would be keen to sign a global treaty on epidemics, which the signatory countries agree on regarding transparency and contribute any data they have in the future.
"I think what the world needs to see is general agreement on how we track the data surrounding zoonotic epidemics. I think one of the attractive ideas that we've seen in the last few months is to propose a global treaty on epidemics," he added.
The outbreak of "COVID -19", which was first detected in China in late 2019, has killed 2.4 million people, pushed the global economy into its worst peacetime recession since the Great Depression in 1929, and upended the normal lives of billions of people.
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Sunday that he shares the United States' concerns about the level of access granted to the WHO China fact-finding mission to China to investigate the virus.
Johnson announced that he is in the process of determining when Britain can end the general lockdown due to the spread of the novel Coronavirus.
This is after the vaccination of about 15 million of its most vulnerable citizens.
But the Minister of Health said that the numbers of deaths and cases transferred to hospitals are still high.
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