WHO team investigating Coronavirus origins denied entry to China

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Covid: WHO team investigating virus origins denied entry to China

The investigators were turned back, with Beijing saying "there might be some misunderstanding".

www.bbc.co.uk

A World Health Organization (WHO) team due to investigate the origins of Covid-19 in the city of Wuhan has been denied entry to China.

Two members had already set out on their journey - one has now turned back and the other is in transit in a third country.
The WHO said the problem was a lack of visa clearances.
The long-awaited probe was agreed upon by Beijing in December after many months of negotiations with the WHO.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was "very disappointed" that China had not yet finalised the permissions for the team's arrivals "given that two members had already begun their journeys and others were not able to travel at the last minute".