A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of COVID-19 has visited the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the high-security laboratory at the center of speculation about a possible link to the outbreak. The experts spent around three hours at the facility, where they aimed to question key staff and review data, as part of a broader mission that has included visits to hospitals, research centers and the wet market tied to early cases in Wuhan.
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WHO team visits Wuhan wet market to find COVID clues
A World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of COVID-19 visited Wuhan’s Baishazhou seafood market, one of the city’s largest wet markets and an early focal point of the outbreak. The experts, accompanied by Chinese officials, are conducting field visits to key sites in Wuhan, including hospitals and laboratories, to gather clues on how the virus first emerged.
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WHO team probing coronavirus origins in China’s Wuhan set to leave quarantine
A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan is preparing to leave hotel quarantine and begin on-the-ground fieldwork, two weeks after arriving in China. The visit, delayed by diplomatic tensions and concerns over access, marks a new phase in the long-awaited probe into how the virus first emerged, with experts cautioning that there are no guarantees of clear answers.
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WHO team arrives in China’s Wuhan to investigate COVID-19 origins
An international team of World Health Organization scientists has arrived in Wuhan, China, to investigate the origins of COVID-19. After a delayed approval process and amid calls for a transparent probe, the experts will begin their mission with two weeks of quarantine before interviewing researchers, hospital staff and market workers linked to the early outbreak.