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China must co-operate better with Covid origin probe: WHO

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WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says we "owe it to the millions who suffered, and to the millions who died" to find out the origins of Covid-19, and that he hopes there will be better cooperation with China when it comes to "getting to the bottom of what happened". SOUNDBITE

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