World / COVID-19 origins report to be published in mid-March: WHO chief

The findings of the WHO-led mission to Wuhan, China, to investigate the origins of coronavirus will be issued in the week of March 15, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. COVID-19 first emerged in Wuhan in December 2019. The WHO-led team began the investigation in January 2021 and spent four weeks in Wuhan visiting sites linked to early COVID-19 cases.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Mar 06, 2021, 10:24 AM
Geneva: The findings of a WHO-led mission to Wuhan, China to investigate the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are expected in mid-March, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

"The current timing is the week of 14-15 March," Peter Ben Embarek, a WHO expert who led the mission, told a news briefing.

Mike Ryan, WHO's top emergency expert, said, "To clarify, there was never a plan for an interim report, first of all. It was hoped we would get a summary report out...The director-general (Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus) will receive that report from the team in the near future and we will discuss the recommendations."