China records first Covid death since May as WHO team arrives in Wuhan

Delegation arrives as China suffers growing outbreak of coronavirus in Hebei provinceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMainland China has reported its first Covid-19 death in eight months, as a team of experts from the World Health Organisation landed in Wuhan to investigate the origins of the pandemic.The delegation will quarantine for two weeks before beginning their inquiries. Their arrival, which was live-streamed by state media, came after almost a year of negotiations with the WHO, and diplomatic spats between China – which has beentrying to change the narrative about where the virus came from – and other countries who demanded it allowa “robust” independent investigation.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: China Coronavirus Asia Pacific Infectious diseases World Health Organization Medical research Science Source Type: news