WHO Director Expresses Dismay After China Blocks Teams Probing COVID Origins

WHO Director Expresses Dismay After China Blocks Teams Probing COVID Origins

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, has expressed disappointment and dismay as Chinese officials blocked 10 WHO investigators from beginning an investigation in Wuhan, China about the origins of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Chinese officials said that the investigators' visas hadn't been approved even though some international experts on the team had already begun traveling to the country. Others have delayed their travel indefinitely while the matter remains in discussion."I'm very disappointed with this news," Ghebreyesus said, according to The Guardian. "I have been in contact with senior Chinese officials, and I have once again made it clear that the mission is a priority for WHO and the international team."World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has expressed dismay over Chinese officials blocking the arrival WHO investigators looking into the origins of COVID-19. In this July 3, 2020 photo, Ghebreyesus attends a press conference organized by the Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Investigative team member Dr. Mike Ryan said he hopes the block by Chinese officials is "just a logistical and bureaucratic issue that can be resolved very quickly," according to the aforementioned publication.The WHO has been in