The World Health Organization investigators in Wuhan say they have been given data ‘no-one has seen before’ and have not ruled out that Covid escaped from a lab. Dr Peter Daszak, a British zoologist on the WHO team, said last night that China was being open with them and allowing them to explore wherever the evidence leads. But … Read more
World Health Organisation experts tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus toured a Wuhan propaganda exhibition celebrating China‘s recovery from the pandemic today. The group also had a meeting at the hospital where the first confirmed Covid-19 cases were treated over a year ago. Details of the trip have been scant so far, … Read more
A team of medics from the World Health Organization has embarked upon its first full day investigating the origins of Covid in China. The 13-strong team of international experts travelled to a hospital in Hubei province on Friday which was the first to treat Covid patients and interviewed Chinese researchers working on the virus. While … Read more
One year after entering lockdown, Wuhan’s youth are filling the city’s nightclubs, its pandemic-spawning markets have reopened and a film is released praising the city’s response. Meanwhile, much of the rest of the world continues its battle with the deadly disease first detected in the Chinese city, which has caused the deaths of more than … Read more
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on the World Health Organization to fully investigate the possibility that the COVID-19 virus accidentally escaped from a lab in Wuhan, revealing new U.S. intelligence that he says raises troubling questions. Pompeo issued the public call on Friday night, one day after a WHO research team landed in … Read more
A team of WHO experts arrived in Wuhan today on a politically-charged mission to investigate the origins of the coronavirus, amid fears that China will try to obstruct the sensitive probe. The 10 scientists, who will be quarantined for two weeks before starting their work, were met by Chinese officials in hazmat suits after arriving … Read more
One year ago, China announced the first death from a new virus in Wuhan – 12 months later, Covid-19 has claimed 1.9 million lives in an unrelenting march across the world. But in the central Chinese city of 11 million where the first known outbreak started, the virus has been extinguished and residents are proud … Read more
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: We need gongs for our hero scientists – and the truth about Wuhan By Mail On Sunday Comment For The Mail On Sunday Published: 02:00 GMT, 10 January 2021 | Updated: 02:19 GMT, 10 January 2021 These are undoubtedly worrying times. Our hearts go out to the skilled and dedicated doctors, … Read more
Coronavirus was still silently spreading in Wuhan – the city where it first emerged – at least a month after Chinese officials said the outbreak there was over in April, a new study finds. Researchers from Wuhan University found that thousands of people were likely infected after the city was declared disease-free, based on testing … Read more
It is a year since the world learned of a deadly new respiratory disease stalking the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Yet we still know little about how and why the virus spread with such devastating consequences. It can almost certainly be traced to bats. But we do not know how this pathogen – having … Read more