WHO chief says international team heading to Wuhan tomorrow

21 Feb 2020 • 11:41 PM MYT
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Staff members check body temperatures of the passengers arriving from the train from Wuhan to Hangzhou, at Hangzhou Railway Station ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year January 23, 2020. — Picture by China Daily via Reuters

GENEVA, Feb 21 — The head of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said an international team would visit Wuhan today as part of its work coordinating the response to the Covid-19 outbreak.

“The WHO-led joint mission in China has been working in Beijing, Sichuan and Guangdong, and will travel to Wuhan tomorrow to continue its work at the epicentre of the outbreak,” he told reporters in Geneva today. — AFP