China and WHO clash over COVID-19 origin investigation.

Chinese health officials have criticized the World Health Organization's Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, for his "offensive" comments on the search for the origins of COVID-19. The director of China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention accused the WHO of "attempting to smear China" and said it should avoid helping others "politicize COVID-19." The U.S. has pressed China to provide more information on COVID-19 origins and allow international investigations to take place as part of efforts to determine where the virus originated. Multiple media outlets recently reported that the Energy Department had determined with "low confidence" that a lab leak was behind the eventual outbreak and pandemic, citing new intelligence in its report.