Origin of the pandemic

“Amidst the unfortunate rising graph of human death tolls all over with no certainty of when the pandemic is going to end, a plethora of questions remain under moot, for instance – how the outbreak happened? Who is responsible for this? Is it a naturally occurring outbreak or is it a conspiracy? Well, claims made by some scientists and world leaders suggest that this new strand of coronavirus is a lab-made or may have been mishandled in the Wuhan laboratory of Virology, the largest of its kind in entire Asia. While China constantly denying the claims also have now blocked the US team to probe investigations there. As in the initial weeks, US President Trump deliberately sticks to calling this coronavirus as Wuhan virus or Chinese virus as it had the first outburst in China, on the other hand, had gone on to claim that the patient zero was an American army who had visited Wuhan. However, these claims are yet to be substantiated. Supporting the US, other countries viz. Australia, the UK, etc. have now been seeking to probe investigations in Wuhan regarding how the outbreak happened; however, yet again China denies the permission and Russia backing China for the same. Well, sooner or later, it is in everyone’s anticipation to know about how such a ghastly mishap happened. Also, in the global context, it isn’t that easy to reckon the ramifications that China may have to undergo if found any blot in its side. However, China being a permanent member in the United Nations Security Council, there is little chance that anything would go against its way. That along, Donald Trump accusing the WHO as being China-centric in this crisis followed by the halt in America’s funding to WHO in these hours of a global pandemic isn’t going well in everyone’s eyes. Well, it is also agreeable that the WHO could have taken some steps much before so as to contain the outbreak. Nevertheless, as India’s role so far in handling this pandemic has been appreciated globally, thus, India’s position would be crucial in the post juncture of the pandemic.”

Karun Lama,

Keyanpather, Dibrugarh