‘Last chance’: WHO reveals new team to investigate Covid origins

A group of 26 experts will also be tasked with examining new pathogens and how to prevent future pandemics

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The World Health Organization has unveiled a team of scientists it wants to revive the stalled inquiry into Covid-19's origins, with one senior official saying it may be the last chance.

The group of 26 experts will be charged with producing a new global framework for studies into the origins of emerging pathogens of epidemic and pandemic potential - and their remit includes Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.