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Missouri and Mississippi’s cases seeking damages against China over its handling of COVID-19 are non-starters both in terms of fact and the law, says ex-UN official…
05/06/2020: Alfred de Zayas’ Interview with CGTN
Alfred de Zayas' Human Rights Corner
Link to original article: https://sputniknews.com/analysis/202005061079205580-why-independent-covid-19-probe-into-china-is-a-political-ploy-that-has-no-legal-leg-to-stand-on/
04:00 GMT 06.05.2020
Trying to launch an international probe into the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak and China’s initial response independently of the WHO is evidently an effort by the US and its allies to manipulate it, deems retired UN expert Alfred de Zayas, stressing that Washington would have never given a green light to such a probe on its own territory.
The Trump administration is continuing to promote the idea that the novel coronavirus originated from the Chinese virology laboratory in Wuhan – despite a lack of evidence - and urging the People’s Republic to grant access to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) to the US and “the world”.
Earlier, the US called for conducting an investigation into how China and the World Health Organisation (WHO) handled the coronavirus pandemic. The idea was echoed by Australia government officials…
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