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WHO Experts Arrive in Wuhan to Study Origins of Coronavirus Outbreak

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A team of experts from the World Health Organization arrive in Wuhan, China, by air on Jan. 14, 2021, to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus. / Kyodo

A team of experts from the World Health Organization arrive in Wuhan, China, by air on Jan. 14, 2021, to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus. / Kyodo

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WUHAN, China—Experts from the World Health Organization on Thursday arrived in the central Chinese city of Wuhan where the novel coronavirus was first detected in late 2019.

After quarantining for two weeks, the experts are set to visit a market in Wuhan, at which many people were confirmed to be infected, in a bid to investigate the origins of the virus, Reuters said.

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