Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on July 28, backing the latter’s proposal to further investigate the origin of the pandemic, which was believed to have originated in China. “Secretary Blinken affirmed U.S. support for the WHO’s plans to conduct additional studies into the COVID-19 origins, including in the People’s Republic of China,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement issued later yesterday. According to his release, the top U.S. diplomat called for a “timely, evidence-based, transparent, expert-led, and free from interference” second-phase investigation, so as to better understand the current situation of the global pandemic and prepare for the future. Two weeks ago, the public health agency proposed to audit laboratories and wet markets in central Chinese city Wuhan, where the pandemic is thought to have broken out in 2020, as a second phase of investigations. It comes after the WHO …