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WHO Says Origin Studies to Begin in Wuhan
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January 12, 2021
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0:44Now PlayingA World Health Organization team of scientists is commencing a long-delayed trip to China to engage in and review scientific research with Chinese counterparts on the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. China said the team would arrive this week.
“The studies will begin in Wuhan to identify the potential source of infection of the early cases,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a briefing. Scientific evidence will be the basis for further long-term studies.
Last week, Tedros complained about China’s delay in granting visas to the team. Mike Ryan, head of the WHO’s emergencies program, said in the briefing that the investigations in China may lead to the need to make further inquiries in other countries, and emphasized it’s not about finding someone to blame, but about finding the scientific answers about that animal-human interface.
Separately, a WHO team is in China working with producers of the Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines to assess compliance with international quality-manufacturing practices ahead of a potential emergency-use listing. WHO officials also said they’re confident the rollout in lower-income countries can begin in February, though added a lot depends on country readiness and companies supplying doses.
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