China blocks entry to WHO team studying Covid's origins

Officials say visas not yet approved for World Health Organization delegation due to visit WuhanCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina has blocked the arrival of a team from the World Health Organization investigatingthe 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.Continue reading...
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