4 Min Read
WUHAN, China (Reuters) - A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic will meet Chinese scientists on Friday and plans to visit labs, markets and hospitals in Wuhan, the WHO said.
The team left its quarantine hotel in Wuhan on Thursday to begin field work, two weeks after arriving in the Chinese city where the virus emerged in late 2019.
The mission has been plagued by delays, concern over access and bickering between China and the United States, which has accused China of hiding the extent of the initial outbreak and criticised the terms of the visit, under which Chinese experts conducted the first phase of research.
COVID-19: WHO team leaves quarantine in Wuhan to begin coronavirus origins study
iwradio.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iwradio.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
World News: WHO team probing coronavirus origins in China s Wuhan leaves quarantine
gdnonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gdnonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Parliament Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 27 Jan 2021 03:55 PM BdST
Updated: 27 Jan 2021 03:59 PM BdST
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has outlined the government s plans for the mass vaccination campaign against the coronavirus in Bangladesh following the arrival of around 7 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from India. );
}
Measures have been taken to be vaccinate over 16.9 million people on a priority basis, the prime minister told parliament on Wednesday.
Bangladesh has received a shipment of 2 million vaccines as a gift from India while another consignment of 5 million vaccines bought from Serum Institute of India also arrived in the country on Jan 25.
Hasina will launch the immunisation programme on Wednesday, with a nurse of Kurmitola General Hospital along with 24 others set to receive the first vaccine shots.