'Extremely important': WHO says foreign experts will visit China to probe COVID-19 origin

China has reassured that it would allow international experts to get inside country in order to investigate animal origins of COVID-19, World Health Organization said on vember 23. UN ncy, in July, had sent a team of experts to lay groundwork for investigation. However, it has remained unclear wher international scientists would be allowed inside China to conduct epidemiological studies and identify first human cases of COVID-19 and source of infection.  

But Michael Ryan, WHO emergency director, speaking at a virtual press conference said that y have got reassurance from Chinese government that ir “trip to field” would be facilitated and be held as soon as possible. "We need to be able to have international team join our Chinese colleagues... and look at results and outcomes of (ir) studies and verify data on ground," he added.

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Although Ryan hailed “tremendous amount of scientific research” done by Chinese experts, he stressed that international experts needed to go in "in order that international community can be reassured about quality of science."

'Intermediary host of COVID-19'

Scientists across world believe that virus jumped from bats to humans in a market selling exotic meat in Wuhan. However, lately, many have opined that COVID-19 may have emerged at a place where infection was amplified. Many experts also believe that intermediate host animals such as pangolins might have expedited spread.

WHO has been trying to send a team to China since beginning of outbreak, however, it has been stalled owing to denial of permissions by China’s communist government. However, with recent reassurance, experts are w hoping to find origin of COVID-19 virus which has killed over 1396359 people across world with over 257671 only in America.

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