WHO experts launch investigation into source of outbreak, Tandese asks for China’s support

The World health Organization international expert team ended two weeks of quarantine in China on January 28, will start the virus traceability work, in the United States demanded “very necessary to find out the truth” under the WHO Secretary-General Tan Desai said on 28 has asked China to support the group of experts needed to visit and information. French viewpoint weekly said on the 28th: expert bus to what place investigation is not clear; can not guarantee that they can enter the Wuhan virus laboratory and South China seafood market investigation. Also how much Time the WHO expert team investigates is not known; and the Chinese New Year holiday break in 2021 started on February 11, and everything will stop a week after the start.

The World Health Organization (WHO) international expert team of about 13 people arrived in Wuhan on January 14 and received a 14-day quarantine in accordance with the regulations, and on the 28th the quarantine period expired and the experts left the quarantine hotel to start the new crown traceability work.

Since the outbreak of the Epidemic, the international demand to go to Wuhan to investigate the origin of the virus and the transmission route is high, China finally agreed to the WHO expert team to go at the end of 2020, many countries in the WHO Executive Committee meeting last week stressed the need to maintain transparency in the traceability work, the newly appointed U.S. Biden administration even before the experts lift the quarantine to express their position.

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Jan. 27 that “it is very important that we get to the bottom of how the virus emerged and then spread around the world. She stressed that the United States is particularly concerned about “some sources in China” spreading “false information.

After the U.S. spoke out, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on 28 May that he had spoken with Ma Xiaowei, director of China’s National Health Commission, and the two sides had a frank discussion about the task of tracing the virus.

Tedros Ghebreyesus said he requested support from China for the visit and related information needed by the international expert group and the opportunity to have full access to Chinese experts.

However, it remains to be seen whether the team will be able to obtain the information it needs, as China has not disclosed details of where the WHO team will visit or who it will contact on the ground, and the trip to trace the outbreak is taking place a year after it began.

The new crown was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in late 2019, and has so far infected more than 100 million people worldwide, killing more than 2 million people and devastating the global economy.