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WHO team investigating coronavirus in China visits Hubei Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic has visited the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in China’s central region of Hubei, where the outbreak emerged in late 2019.
Key points:
- No full itinerary for the group’s field work has been announced
- Beijing has sought to cast doubt on the origins of the coronavirus
- China has largely curbed domestic transmissions through testing and contact tracing
The group of independent experts spent about 4.5 hours on its longest site visit since completing two weeks of quarantine last Thursday, and did not speak to waiting journalists.
The WHO, which has sought to manage expectations for the mission, said its members would be limited to visits organised by…
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