Chinese scientist says Beijing did share COVID-19 data with investigators

FILE PHOTO: Liang Wannian, head of expert panel on COVID-19 response at China's National Health Commission, attends the WHO-China joint study news conference on the study of origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a hotel in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song

BEIJING (Reuters) - A top Chinese medical expert said on Wednesday there was no factual basis to accusations that China did not share data with international researchers appointed by the World Health Organization to look into the origins of COVID-19.

Following the publication of the joint study into the origins of COVID-19 by China and the WHO on Tuesday, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said China had withheld data from the international investigators.