中国对加入涉及其他亚洲国家的联合国项目的犹豫不决可能会加剧全球研究人员的挫败感，他们一直在敦促北京分享有关 COVID-19 起源的信息，因为他们试图防止未来因人畜共患或动物传人而导致的大流行 , 疾病传播。
四个亚洲国家——中国、泰国、越南和老挝——最初被该项目的科学咨询委员会选中进行调查，该项目被称为“亚洲全球环境安全”(SAFE)，因为它们拥有多个存在动物风险的设施—— 联合国官员说，疾病会传染给人类。
China’s hesitancy to join the UN project involving other Asian nations may compound frustration by global researchers who have been pressing Beijing to share information about the origins of COVID-19, as they seek to prevent future pandemics due to zoonotic, or animal-to-human, disease transmission.
Four Asian countries – China, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos – were initially selected for the survey by the scientific advisory committee of the project, called the Safety across Asia For the global Environment (SAFE), because they host multiple facilities presenting risks of animal-to-human disease transmission, the UN official said.