China-WHO expert team to visit Wuhan virology institute on Wednesday

21:43, February 02, 2021

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  WHO research team in Wuhan visits hospital, meets Chinese peers

  A panel of experts from the World Health Organization leave their hotel by bus after quarantining for two weeks in Wuhan, China, on January 28, 2021 ./CFPA team of 13 scientists from the World Health Organization (WHO) started fieldwork on Friday after concluding a 14-day quarantine in central Chinas Wuhan city.In their first onsite visit, the team went to the Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, one of the first hospitals that had treated patients in the early days of the outbreak.Earlier that day, the WHO experts held the first face-to-face meeting with their Chinese colleagues led by Liang Wannian, a senior official of the countrys National Health Commission (NHC).The team said, on Thursday, it was planning to visit hospitals and markets, such as the Huanan Seafood Market, where the first cases in Wuhan were traced back to.They also intend to visit research institutions like the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Wuhan Center for Disease Prevention and Control.China cooperates with the WHO on the scientific researchChinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told a news conference in Beijing, on Friday, that the WHO and Chinese experts are working together to trace the origin of the virus. He said they have already held multiple exchanges through video conference and stressed the mission is not a probe."Id like to emphasize that this is a virus-tracing exchange and form of cooperation between the WHO and Chinese experts. Its a part of a global research effort, not an investigation," Zhao said.He said China has adopted an open, transparent and responsible attitude when it comes to tracing the origins of the novel coronavirus and will continue to cooperate with the WHO to prevent future risks and protect peoples safety and health.On Wednesday, Chinese health minister Ma Xiaowei discussed the cooperation on coronavirus origin tracing on a phone call with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of th...

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  WHO expert team's visit to cold food area in Wuhan markets raises hypothesis again about virus sources

  Members of the World Health Organization team, investigating the origins of the coronavirus, visit the closed Huanan seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province on Sunday. Photo: AFP In its efforts to search for clues to the origins of the novel coronavirus, the team of

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  WHO experts talk with Chinese medics in Wuhan

  An international expert team from the World Health Organization has had exchanges with medical workers and early COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, Central Chinas Hubei province, the National Health Commission said on Sunday.An international expert team from the World Health Organization visit an exhibition on how China fought the coronavirus in Wuhan, Central Chinas Hubei province on Jan 30, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua)The team, on a visit to Wuhan for scientific cooperation with its Chinese counterparts on tracing the origin of the novel coronavirus, completed medical observation in quarantine on Thursday afternoon.They visited several places, including Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine and Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, where some of the earliest COVID-19 patients in Wuhan were treated, Mi Feng, commission spokesman, said.The Chinese side and the WHO team have reached agreement on future work, and the two sides will continue the joint research while sticking to science, including visiting related disease control and prevention and scientific research institutes, and trade markets, Mi said at a news conference.China will, as always, continue to cooperate with the WHO with an open, transparent and responsible attitude, and make contributions to better prevent future risks and protect peoples lives and health, he said.