Corona 19 WHO Expert Team Visits Wuhan Virus Research Institute

[아시아경제 이기민 기자] On the 3rd, a team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) Peter Ben Ambarek visited the Wuhan Virus Research Institute, which has been pointed out as the source of Corona 19, reported by foreign media such as the Chinese state media Global Times.

The Wuhan Virus Research Institute has been mentioned as the first coronavirus outbreak site. Some scientists believe that Corona 19 may have leaked to the outside world during an experiment in which a virus detected in the wild at the Wuhan Virus Research Institute infects humans.

Earlier, after arriving at the expert team’s Peter Darth small research institute, he said, “We will meet key people here and ask all necessary questions. We are looking forward to a very productive day.”

The WHO team of experts who came out after visiting the research center replied to the reporters about the results of the research, saying, “It is very interesting. There are many questions” and left the research center in a hurry.

Earlier, the WHO team of experts visited the Wuhan Animal Disease Center on the 2nd as well and met a key staff member for livestock surveillance in Hubei Province. They arrived in Wuhan on the 14th of last month, quarantined for 14 days, and are actively investigating for two weeks.

So far, the expert team has visited Wuhan Regional Hospital on the 29th of last month, Jinintan Hospital specializing in respiratory tract in Wuhan on the 30th, Huanan Seafood Market on the 31st, Wuhan Disease Prevention and Control Center on February 1st, and the Animal Disease Center on February 2.

With a team of experts at WHO digesting about half of the schedule, Chinese authorities insisted that the United States should also be investigated by WHO like China.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wen-bin said at a regular briefing on the 2nd, “The problem of finding the origin of Corona 19 is a very complex and scientific problem.”

“There are studies and media reports that Corona 19 occurred in the second half of 2019,” said Wang said. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also wrote a research report in December 2019 that found Corona 19 antibodies in blood samples from blood donors.” Emphasized.

He continued, “This means that Corona 19 had already occurred in the United States at the time,” he said. “The United States, like China, should invite a team of WHO experts to cooperate in investigation and research on the origin of Corona 19.”

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