Health
WHO to send team to China in January to probe COVID origins – Al Jazeera English
Three-quarter infections occurring in Americas; India to reach 10 million cases; ex-Burundi president dies due to virus.
Officials at WHO have said an international team led by their organisation would be going to China in the first week of January to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
WHO said three-quarters of all infections were occurring in the Americas.
The former president of Burundi, Pierre Buyoya, has died in Paris of COVID-19 at the age of 71, several close relatives told the AFP news agency.
Meanwhile, India is 20,000 cases short of reaching the 10 million mark as the country recorded more…
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