International team seeking COVID-19 origin to go to China in January: WHO

A photo taken in the late hours of August 17, 2020 shows a sign of the World Health Organization (WHO) at their headquarters in Geneva amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus. (File/AFP)

• The expert team includes epidemiologists and animal health specialists

GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Wednesday that a team of international experts would travel to China next month to help investigate the animal origins of COVID-19.
"I can confirm that this will take place in January," WHO spokesman Hedinn Halldorsson told AFP when asked about reports that the expert team, which includes epidemiologists and animal health specialists, would finally go to China next month.

 

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