Can politics be put aside while looking for origins of coronavirus?

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage countries around the world, can politics be put aside? In early June, U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who was assigned to lead the new "China Task Force" in May, released an interim report titled "The Origins of the COVID-19 Global Pandemic, including the roles of the Chinese Communist Party and the World Health Organization." It essentially accuses the Chinese government, along with the World Health Organization, of covering up the pandemic at the early stage and 'obfuscating data.

In this regard, the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) has been at the forefront. The institute has been key to sequencing the COVID-19 genome and its scientists are now working to track the source and develop a vaccine. Despite this institute's best efforts, it has been wrongfully targeted by rumors. Earlier, CGTN's Liu Xin spoke to virologist Shi Zhengli from this lab, whose vital work has earned her the nickname "Batwoman." Can she set the record straight?

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