NHC: WHO never asked to visit a P4 lab in China

The World Health Organization (WHO) never asked to visit a specific lab in China and allegations that China denied WHO experts a visit to the P4 lab in Wuhan are against the facts, officials from the National Health Commission (NHC) said at a press conference on Friday.

A group of experts from WHO visited Wuhan in January and then a joint team with experts from China and the WHO visited Beijing, Guangdong Province, and Sichuan Province in February, an NHC official said, adding that China attaches great importance to working with the international community in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

China has also shared the genome sequence of the virus under the WHO framework to help develop a vaccine and medicine quickly, officials added.