International
oi-Madhuri Adnal
Beijing, Jan 28: After a two-week quarantine, the real work can begin. Maybe. A World Health Organization team of researchers emerged from their hotel Thursday for the first time since their arrival in the central Chinese city of Wuhan to start searching for clues into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The visit has been shrouded in secrecy: Details of their itinerary have not been released, and it”s unknown how much access China will give the researchers to the sites they want to visit and the people they want to talk to.
WHY IS THE TEAM IN CHINA?
Scientists hope that information on the earliest known cases of the new coronavirus – which was first identified in Wuhan – will help them better understand where it came from and prevent similar pandemics in the future.
Researchers around the world are eager for access to samples taken from the Huanan Seafood Market,…