Marietjie Venter
Marietjie Venter is a prominent South African virologist and the president of the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), established by the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. She has been actively involved in discussions surrounding the potential origins of the virus, emphasizing the need for comprehensive data to evaluate various hypotheses, including zoonotic transmission and laboratory accidents. Venter has expressed concerns over the lack of cooperation from countries like China in providing critical information necessary for thorough investigations, highlighting the importance of understanding the genesis of pandemics to prevent future outbreaks.
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Marietjie Venter is the chairperson of the expert group commissioned by the WHO to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Hungary· 2025-07-28Dr. Marietjie Venter is the leader of the expert group investigating the origins of COVID-19.
Hvordan startet koronapandemien?
Norway· 2025-07-02Marietjie Venter, the group’s chair, stated that most scientific data supports the hypothesis that the new coronavirus jumped to humans from animals.
WHO expert group fails to find a definitive answer for how COVID-19 began
Canada· 2025-06-29
Marietjie Venter is the president of SAGO and explained that the hypothesis of a lab leak could not be studied or dismissed due to lack of information.
¿Origen animal o fuga de laboratorio? La OMS admite que el misterio del covid-19 sigue sin resolverse
Costa Rica· 2025-06-28
Marietjie Venter is the chair of the Scientific Advisory Group on the Origins of Novel Pathogens and has commented on the investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
PSO: nė viena hipotezė dėl to, kaip prasidėjo COVID-19 pandemija, lieka neatmesta
Lithuania· 2025-06-28Marietjie Venter is a South African virologist and the president of the Scientific Advisory Group on the Origins of New Pathogens (SAGO).
La OMS no descarta que el virus de la covid se originara por una fuga en un laboratorio
Panama· 2025-06-27