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BEIJING DELAYS WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION'S CORONAVIRUS INQUIRY AT FIRST STEP

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By Philip Sherwell

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FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES


Preparing to spray disinfectant at Wuhan railway station in March, the Chinese city that was ground zero for infections

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Plans for a World Health Organisation (WHO) mission to China to investigate the coronavirus pandemic have been postponed after two scientists spent a week in a Beijing hotel in quarantine.


The UN agency had hoped to deploy a full team this month if negotiations with Chinese scientists and government officials last week made progress.


But Michael Ryan, head of its health emergencies programme, acknowledged this weekend that the quarantine requirements and “working remotely” had been “not ideal” for the two experts, although he was “very pleased with collaboration” so far.


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