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A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 have visited Huanan market, the now-shuttered wholesale seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan where the novel coronavirus was initially detected.
The team arrived at Huanan on Sunday, 31 January, amid heavy security, with additional barricades set up outside a high blue fence surrounding the market, and left in a convoy after about one hour.
“Very important site visits today, a wholesale market first and Huanan seafood market just now, Peter Daszak, a zoologist with the US group EcoHealth alliance and a member of the WHO team, said in a tweet.
A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 is expected to visit Huanan market later on Sunday, a wholesale seafood center where the new coronavirus was initially detected.
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