WHO team arrives in Wuhan as China reports first Covid-19 death in months

Staff members in protective suits stand guard next to a bus before the expected arrival of a World Health Organisation (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

WUHAN (AFP): A team of experts from the World Health Organization arrived in Wuhan on Thursday to start a highly politicised probe into the origins of the coronavirus, as China reported its first death from Covid-19 in eight months.

The 10 scientists, who must complete a two-week quarantine in Wuhan before starting their work, arrived for their much-delayed mission to examine the origins of the pandemic.