WHO team to visit Wuhan market, where first Covid cluster seen

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Experts say the Huanan market still plays a role in tracing the origins of the virus. FMTNews Covid19 Wuhan

WUHAN: A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan was expected to visit Huanan market later on Sunday, a wholesale seafood centre where the new coronavirus was initially detected.has been severely restricted since it was shut at the beginning of last year.

Some Chinese diplomats and state media have said they believe the market is not the origin, and have thrown support behind theories that the virus potentially originated in another country. Experts say the Huanan market still plays a role in tracing the origins of the virus, since the first cluster of cases was identified there.

No exact itinerary has not been announced, but the WHO has said the team plans to visit Huanan market and the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

 

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