Virus origin tracing must be scientific

Governments, politicians and media outlets have called for a science-based approach to tracing the origins of the coronavirus while speaking out against the politicization of the issue.

"We very much rely on the scientific evidence and there needed to be a further investigation ... our position remains the same as it was," said New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta in an interview with Radio New Zealand (RNZ) on July 23.