A member of
the special World Health Organisation (WHO) mission to China, Peter Daszak, revealed
on Wednesday that US intelligence on the supposed origin of the COVID-19 was
unreliable following Washington’s suspicion on the transparency of the
investigation. The WHO mission, which concluded on Tuesday, was unable to find
the source of the coronavirus and had to deal with a difficult situation
during the stay as on one hand the US was demanding a strong probe while China was hinting at not politicising the matter.

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Daszak, who indulged in dirty geopolitics dealing with
the COVID-19 origin story, tweeted “President Joe Biden
has to look tough on China. Please don’t rely too much on US intel:
increasingly disengaged under Trump & frankly wrong on many aspects.”

He also tweeted that they worked “flat out under the
most politically charged environment possible”.

Also read: No indication of COVID-19 virus in Wuhan before December 2019, says WHO

While some
information came from their personal Twitter handles during the mission, many
details and opinions appeared during their preparation of departure from the
country.

Daszak’s
revelations were connected to the article in which US state department suspected the transparency of China’s co-operation with the WHO mission. However,
State Department spokesman Ned Price told that the White House “clearly
support this investigation”, but also criticised China for hiding
information, reported AFP.

He was also asked whether China had completely cooperated
with the WHO team, to which Price replied to reporters, “I think the
jury’s still out.”

Also read: WHO team visits wet market in Wuhan to trace origin of coronavirus

Daszak, head of US-based non-profit EcoHealth Alliance, has
been very vocal about the natural origin of coronavirus and denied the chances
of virus leak from the Wuhan lab. He also termed it as a politically motivated
“conspiracy theory” initiated by former US President Donald Trump in
comments to AFP last year.

Daszak’s non-profit EcoHealth Alliance monitors epidemic
outbreaks and has partnered with the Wuhan Institute of Virology on joint
research of coronaviruses for more than a decade.