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[[File:Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|<div align="center">Novel Coronavirus [[SARS-CoV-2]]<br />([[Transmission electron microscopy|electron microscope image]])</div>]]
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'''Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens''' (or '''SAGO''')<ref name="WHO-20210716">{{cite news |author=Staff |title=WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the Member State Information Session on Origins |url=https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-member-state-information-session-on-origins |date=16 July 2021 |work=[[World Health Organization]] |access-date=27 September 2021 |archive-date=9 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909110011/https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-member-state-information-session-on-origins |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="SCI-20210717">{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Jon |title=With call for 'raw data' and lab audits, WHO chief pressures China on pandemic origin probe – A new team of scientists may replace agency group already probing the start of COVID-19 |url=https://www.science.org/news/2021/07/who-chief-sharpens-call-china-further-help-probe-origin-pandemic |date=17 July 2021 |work=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |access-date=27 September 2021 |archive-date=26 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926234846/https://www.science.org/news/2021/07/who-chief-sharpens-call-china-further-help-probe-origin-pandemic |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="SCI-20210825">{{cite news |last=Kupferschmidt |first=Kai |title=New WHO group aims to improve efforts to find pathogen origins – The World Health Organization's Maria Van Kerkhove on the hunt for COVID-19 origins and what's next |url=https://www.science.org/news/2021/08/new-who-group-aims-improve-efforts-find-pathogen-origins |date=25 August 2021 |work=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |access-date=27 September 2021 |archive-date=26 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926234554/https://www.science.org/news/2021/08/new-who-group-aims-improve-efforts-find-pathogen-origins |url-status=live }}</ref> is a permanent advisory body of the [[World Health Organization]], formed in July 2021, with a broad objective to examine [[emerging infectious diseases]], including [[COVID-19]].<ref name="WHO-20210716" /><ref name="WHO-202100908">{{cite news |author=Staff |title=Deadline extension – call for experts to join the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). |url=https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/who-scientific-advisory-group-for-the-origins-of-novel-pathogens-(sago) |date=8 September 2021 |work=[[World Health Organization]] |access-date=27 September 2021 |archive-date=6 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006001449/https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/who-scientific-advisory-group-for-the-origins-of-novel-pathogens-(sago) |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the WHO Director-General, "SAGO will play a vital role in the next phase of studies into the origins of [[SARS-CoV-2]], as well as the origins of future new pathogens."<ref name="WHO-20210716" />
'''Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens''' (or '''SAGO''')<ref name="WHO-20210716">{{cite news |author=Staff |title=WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the Member State Information Session on Origins |url=https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-member-state-information-session-on-origins |date=16 July 2021 |work=[[World Health Organization]] |access-date=27 September 2021 |archive-date=9 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909110011/https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-member-state-information-session-on-origins |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="SCI-20210717">{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Jon |title=With call for 'raw data' and lab audits, WHO chief pressures China on pandemic origin probe – A new team of scientists may replace agency group already probing the start of COVID-19 |url=https://www.science.org/news/2021/07/who-chief-sharpens-call-china-further-help-probe-origin-pandemic |date=17 July 2021 |work=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |access-date=27 September 2021 |archive-date=26 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926234846/https://www.science.org/news/2021/07/who-chief-sharpens-call-china-further-help-probe-origin-pandemic |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="SCI-20210825">{{cite news |last=Kupferschmidt |first=Kai |title=New WHO group aims to improve efforts to find pathogen origins – The World Health Organization's Maria Van Kerkhove on the hunt for COVID-19 origins and what's next |url=https://www.science.org/news/2021/08/new-who-group-aims-improve-efforts-find-pathogen-origins |date=25 August 2021 |work=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |access-date=27 September 2021 |archive-date=26 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926234554/https://www.science.org/news/2021/08/new-who-group-aims-improve-efforts-find-pathogen-origins |url-status=live }}</ref> is a permanent advisory body of the [[World Health Organization]], formed in July 2021, with a broad objective to examine [[emerging infectious diseases]], including [[COVID-19]].<ref name="WHO-20210716" /><ref name="WHO-202100908">{{cite news |author=Staff |title=Deadline extension – call for experts to join the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO). |url=https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/who-scientific-advisory-group-for-the-origins-of-novel-pathogens-(sago) |date=8 September 2021 |work=[[World Health Organization]] |access-date=27 September 2021 |archive-date=6 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006001449/https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/who-scientific-advisory-group-for-the-origins-of-novel-pathogens-(sago) |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the WHO Director-General, "SAGO will play a vital role in the next phase of studies into the origins of [[SARS-CoV-2]], as well as the origins of future new pathogens."<ref name="WHO-20210716" />
==Criticism==
[[Alina Chan]] has suggested that some members selected for the second formation of the group may carry biases, and that no members from the first group should have been selected for the second. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/who-panel-covid-lab-leak-1.6210964 |title=The WHO hopes its new panel can determine the origin of COVID-19. Some experts are skeptical |first=Mark |last=Gollom |date=October 20, 2021 |orig-date=October 19, 2021 |website=[[CBC News]] |access-date=20 October 2021 |archive-date=20 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020180647/https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/who-panel-covid-lab-leak-1.6210964 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Thacker |first1=Paul D |title=Covid-19: New WHO group to look into pandemic origins is dogged by alleged conflicts of interest |journal=BMJ |date=22 October 2021 |pages=n2588 |doi=10.1136/bmj.n2588}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 05:22, 2 November 2021

"SAGO" redirects here. For other uses, see Sago (disambiguation).

Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of Novel Pathogens (or SAGO)[1][2][3] is a permanent advisory body of the World Health Organization, formed in July 2021, with a broad objective to examine emerging infectious diseases, including COVID-19.[1][4] According to the WHO Director-General, "SAGO will play a vital role in the next phase of studies into the origins of SARS-CoV-2, as well as the origins of future new pathogens."[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Staff (16 July 2021). "WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the Member State Information Session on Origins". World Health Organization. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. ^ Cohen, Jon (17 July 2021). "With call for 'raw data' and lab audits, WHO chief pressures China on pandemic origin probe – A new team of scientists may replace agency group already probing the start of COVID-19". Science. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  3. ^ Kupferschmidt, Kai (25 August 2021). "New WHO group aims to improve efforts to find pathogen origins – The World Health Organization's Maria Van Kerkhove on the hunt for COVID-19 origins and what's next". Science. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  4. ^ Staff (8 September 2021). "Deadline extension – call for experts to join the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO)". World Health Organization. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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