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Beijing’s tardy approach on WHO team’s proposed visit to China to investigate the origins of Corona virus has come out in open. China is yet to give any confirmation on the visit of the WHO led international team for this purpose. COVID-19 cases first emerged in Wuhan.
Responding to a question on WHO official Mike Ryan’s comments on WHO’s intention to send a team to Wuhan where the virus first emerged, Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday that its cooperation with WHO is steadily advancing with close communication and exchange and it has no further information to share.
The WHO has for months been working to send a team of international experts. In May, the World Health Assembly (WHA), the governing body of the 194-member states of the WHO, approved a resolution to set up an independent inquiry to conduct an impartial, independent and comprehensive evaluation” of the international response as well as that of WHO. It also asked the WHO to investigate the “source of the virus and the route of introduction to the human population”.