WHO: China gives pledge on access for Covid-19 origins probe


World Health Organization emergency expert Mike Ryan. - AP

GENEVA (Reuters): The World Health Organization (WHO) has had assurances from China that an international field trip to investigate the origins of the new coronavirus will be arranged as soon as possible, its top emergency expert said on Monday (Nov 23).

Chinese researchers are carrying out epidemiological studies into early cases and conditions at a seafood market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. An international team of experts has been formed to carry out phase 2 studies.

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