Australian WHO investigator says China tensions won’t get in the way of his probe into coronavirus COVID-19 origins

An Australian scientist tasked with answering one of the most politically sensitive questions in the world — where did the coronavirus begin — says he won’t let politics get in the way of his investigation.

Dominic Dwyer, who is a microbiologist at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, will travel to China again as part of a 10-member team of experts exploring the origin of the coronavirus.

But the probe is at the centre of a geopolitical storm, with China’s government stepping up efforts to suggest the virus originated abroad while the outgoing Trump administration in the US has continually blamed China for the global pandemic.

Australia has copped a significant diplomatic backlash from Beijing for originally proposing an independent inquiry…