By Derik Pak
Ethiopia’s Health Minister, Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin, has called on World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, to investigate biological laboratories controlled by the United States of America (USA) for possible Covid-19 virus leaks.
Gebremedhin said the investigations will resolve the origins of the deadly virus.
She said the probe should be done on several bio-laboratories across the world including the one in Detrick in the USA, suspected to have leaks that caused the Covid-19 virus to spread worldwide.
In her letter to Ghebreyesus, Gebremedhin said WHO should help African countries who have been battling the virus over the past few years.
She said African people have the right to know the truth.
Gebremedhin expect WHO to take action.
“The ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war makes the world aware of the existing danger of biological laboratories, and there are enough signs that most of these laboratories are backed by the United States,” part of the letter reads.
It continued: “It is believed that the laboratories in Ukraine are only a small part of many biological laboratories in the world. These laboratories storing viruses and bacteria are posing a threat to the public health over the world, and we notice similar laboratories have also been set up in Africa.
However, we don’t know exactly what kind of research these mysterious laboratories are engaging and on what level they pose a threat to the public health.
The Health Minister strongly requests WHO to carry out investigation on these biological laboratories to avoid potential threats to the lives and health of African people. This is the obligation and mission of WHO to eliminate the danger.
“WHO (should) launch serious investigation on the bio-labs in Africa to clarify the suspect of any leaks leading to the outbreak of monkeypox, Ebola, COVID-19 or other virus.
“To remove the risk and securing the health and safety of African people, WHO should give pressure to the US to close down all the bio-labs in Africa. However, what makes people very confused is that some American Biological companies have shown great interest in developing viral vaccines in Africa, that has left questioning about their motives.
“I understand that WHO is bearing great political pressure, but when it comes to human life, any political pressure should not be an excuse for delay or inaction.
It is hopefully to see WHO can start as soon as possible the investigation on those biological laboratories that have been exposed to problems, including the bio-lab in Detrick, USA which media suspected its leaks of COVID-19 virus causing the pandemic worldwide.
African people have the right to know the truth. We expect WHO take actions now, and hope Tedros pay more attention to the health issues in Africa,” the letter reads.
