WHO led experts’ team set to begin its investigations in Wuhan
The World Health Organization (WHO) team of 13 experts is set to start its field visits and conduct investigations into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic as it will technically complete its 14 days quarantine on 28th January in the Chinese city of Wuhan, which last year was the epicenter of the global COVID-19 outbreak but now, largely returned to normal.
Whole world will be looking at the team’s work as they try on unravel how the virus first emerged in late 2019 especially after the investigation was delayed several times and finally the team landed in Wuhan after a full year passed.
Over the past two weeks, the team has been interacting with each other and Chinese scientists through video calls.
A WHO team first visited China in February 2020 and found that key knowledge gaps remain about the virus, though it said that the COVID-19 virus appeared to have zoonotic origin, with the likely first outbreak at a seafood market in Wuhan.
Last week, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response said that both WHO and China could have acted faster and more forcefully to contain the start of the Covid-19 outbreak.
