BEIJING, September 17 (INP): A spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Wang Wenbin said that as the COVID-19 is still raging around the globe, vaccines are an important weapon to defeat it.  

At a news briefing here, he said the international community is sparing no efforts to advance vaccine cooperation and committed to building a "firewall" against the virus.  

COVID-19 vaccine development and deployment in China, when available, will be made a global public good, which will be China's contribution to ensuring vaccine accessibility and affordability in developing countries. 

Over some time, there have been flurry of reports on when and where COVID-19 broke out, which should be taken seriously. WHO officials once said that origin-tracing is an ongoing process probably concerning many countries and localities. We should be open to the possibility of various origins. 

This again indicates that origin-tracing is a very complex scientific issue, and we should not pin labels to the virus, politicize the pandemic and stigmatize other countries.  

“ We need to enable scientists around the globe to conduct international science research and cooperation. China will continue supporting WHO-led cooperation among member states on the zoonotic source of COVID-19 and in other fields and scientists around the world in conducting relevant scientific research. 

We also hope certain country will adopt a positive attitude towards cooperation with WHO, “ he added. 

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