WHO-led team in China to travel to Wuhan


Beijing: The World Health Organisation-led joint expert mission in China has been working in Beijing, Sichuan and Guangdong, and will travel to Wuhan as it continues its work at the epicentre of the outbreak, according to WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

On Friday, the WHO announced the appointment of six special envoys on Covid-19 pneumonia to provide strategic advice and high-level political advocacy and engagement in different parts of the world.Speaking at a news conference,

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