The WHO team arrived in Wuhan today and will go into isolation for a fortnight. Photo: ReutersAn international team of scientists led by the World Health Organisation has arrived in China's central city of Wuhan to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus that sparked the pandemic, state television reported. The team arrived late in on Thursday morning on a budget airline from Singapore and was expected to head into two weeks of quarantine. The team arrived as China battles a resurgence of cases in its northeast after managing for months to nearly stamp out domestic infections. The team would mainly stay in Wuhan, he told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday during a stopover in Singapore.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 14, 2021 04:41 UTC