Two members of the World health Organization (WHO) team of experts failed to arrive in Wuhan, China with the team and they remain in Singapore. According to a tweet from the WHO’s official Twitter account on Thursday (Jan. 14), the two members were unable to travel to Wuhan, China, as planned because they tested positive for serum IgM antibodies while in transit in Singapore. WHO said the two experts will be tested in Singapore for the new coronavirus required for entry into China.
Thirteen members of the international panel of experts, led by the World Health Organization, arrived in Wuhan, China, on Thursday to prepare for an investigation into the source of the new coronavirus. The WHO panel is scheduled to stay in China for a month, including a 14-day quarantine period. According to Chinese officials, Chinese scientists and medical experts will have an in-depth exchange with the international team of experts via video.
Will one month be enough to complete the investigation into the source of the new coronavirus, and will China welcome a possible request for an extension from the WHO panel? “The duration of their visas is sufficient to meet their work needs in China,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said in response to reporters’ questions above at a regular press conference on Thursday.
Wuhan was the first place where the new coronavirus was found in late 2019. To date, the new coronavirus pandemic has infected nearly 93 million people worldwide and killed nearly 2 million. The United States has cumulatively infected more than 23 million people and killed more than 384,000.
For the past year, the United States and Australia, among other countries, have been asking WHO to send experts to China to conduct an independent investigation into the origin of the virus, but China has refused.
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