[국제]WHO expert team leader “Before the first report in Wuhan, there may have been more than 1,000 infected people”

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It is estimated that in the month before China first reported Corona 19, there were more than 1,000 infected people in Wuhan.

According to a team of experts from the World Health Organization, it was also revealed that there were already 13 mutant viruses at that time.

Correspondent Kang Seong-woong reports from Beijing.

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The results of the World Health Organization’s expert team’s visit to Wuhan are revealed little by little.

The fact is that the corona 19 spread widely in Wuhan before the first report of the outbreak in China is solidifying.

This is the result of WHO and Chinese experts analyzing the location and genes of infected people during the month of December 2019.

[피터 벤 엠바렉 / WHO 전문가팀 대표 : 12월 초부터 말까지 화난 시장을 포함해 우한시 전역에 걸쳐 발생한 환자의 발생 장소와 유전자 염기 서열을 연계해 확인할 수 있었습니다.]

The US CNN broadcast reported that 13 viruses that caused Corona 19 existed before China’s report.

This suggests that the infection had already spread before December 31, 2019, when it first reported to the World Health Organization.

China experts suggested 174 cases of infection in Wuhan during the month of December 2019.

In an interview with CNN, the WHO expert team leader said it meant more than a thousand people were infected in Wuhan at the time.

The expert team explained that the infection site was not one of the angry fish markets, but several.

CNN said the man in his 40s, which Chinese authorities estimated to be the first infected, had no connection with the angry market.

The expert team believes that more research is still needed on where and how Corona 19 came to Wuhan.

[마리온 쿠프만스 / 전문가팀 참가 (네덜란드 로테르담대 바이러스과학과 과장) : (화난) 시장에 대한 활동과 추적 과정을 통해 다음에 할 연구의 몇 가지 단서를 얻었습니다.]

CNN broadcasts reported that a team of experts from the World Health Organization is hoping to revisit China.

In an interview with Prolific NYT, the only American participant, the Chinese side said they still have a lot to do.

China has been criticizing the US government and media for politically using the origin of Corona 19.

However, as analysts based on data from the Chinese side come out one after another, more scientific answers are needed.

YTN Sungwoong Kang in Beijing[[email protected]]is.