The United States, Israel and 12 other countries expressed concerns on Tuesday that the World Health Organization report on the origins of COVID-19 was delayed and lacked access to complete data, according to a joint statement.
"It is equally essential that we voice our shared concerns that the international expert study on the source of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was significantly delayed and lacked access to complete, original data and samples," according to the statement from the governments of Israel, Australia, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, , Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.