WHO experts visit Covid-19 epicentre Wuhan


Experts from China and the World Health Organization joint team wearing visit the Wuhan Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, in Hubei province, China on Feb 23, 2020. - China Daily/Reuters

BEIJING (AFP): Experts from the World Health Organization have visited the locked-down central Chinese city at the epicentre of the deadly global coronavirus outbreak, Chinese authorities said Monday (Feb 24).

The trip over the weekend is the first reported visit to Wuhan by the WHO since the virus emerged from the city of 11 million people late last year.

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