WHO team in Wuhan starts Probe for COVID-19 origins

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After a 14 days quarantine the WHO officials in Wuhan have left for the origins of the Corona Virus Pandemic. The team of WHO experts will try to determine when and how the virus actually started.

WHO informed via a tweet that the experts sent to probe the origins were doing their jobs even in the quarantine. The tweet said, "While in quarantine, the team had daily virtual meetings with Chinese scientists, who shared updates on relevant #COVID19 studies done in #China plus other information and experiences. The team made requests for detailed underlying data, among other things."

The organization also tweeted, "The international team working to understand the origins of the #COVID19 virus completed its 2-week quarantine in Wuhan, #China on Thursday. As members start their field visits on Friday, they should receive the support, access, and the data they need."

One of the possible sources is Yunan province, about 1000 miles southeast of Wuhan.

The WHO team will conduct field visits, talks, and inspections. In its other tweet, the World Health Organization wrote, "All hypotheses are on the table as the team follows the science in their work to understand the origins of the #COVID19 virus. The team will have their first face-to-face meeting with Chinese scientists on Friday and then begin field visits in and around Wuhan, #China."

WHO recently accused CHina and the other country of not doing what they could have done in preventing the early spread of the virus. China admitted it could have done better.

Chinese media and officials recently claim Wuhan not being the origins of the virus. They say the virus came to Wuhan from outside China.

Perhaps due to the polarizing racist remarks China got after the spread of the Pandemic, it has been unwilling to acknowledge being the origins of the virus.

Publish : 2021-01-29 00:12:00

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