A member of the World Health Organization-led team visiting the central Chinese city of Wuhan said he has been surprised by the complexity of getting to the origins of the novel coronavirus pandemic and that years of research lay ahead. Dominic Dwyer, a microbiologist and infectious diseases expert, said the team in Wuhan had received the access it requested from Chinese authorities as it tries to understand the early days of the novel coronavirus outbreak first identified in Wuhan. The origin of the coronavirus has become highly politicised following accusations that China was not transparent in its early handling of the outbreak. Dwyer echoed his teammate Peter Daszak, a zoologist and animal disease expert, in his emphasis on the difficulty of understanding the disease. Earlier, a member of the WHO-led team searching for clues to the origins of Covid-19 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan said work was needed to try to trace genetic elements of the virus in bat caves.

Source: Mint February 05, 2021 15:40 UTC