China blocks entry to WHO team studying Covid's origins
by Sarah Boseley Health editor from Science | The Guardian on (#5CEGG)
Officials say visas not yet approved for World Health Organization delegation due to visit Wuhan
China has blocked the arrival of a team from the World Health Organization investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, claiming that their visas had not yet been approved even as some members of the group were on their way.
The WHO's director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, expressed his dismay and said he had called on China to allow the team in. I'm very disappointed with this news, given that two members have already begun their journeys, and others were not able to travel at the last minute," he said.
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