'We are not afraid': Wuhan residents say they hope WHO team finds COVID-19 origins

WUHAN, Hubei: With investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) set to visit China next year, residents of Wuhan said they want the team to come to the central city, hoping they could prove that COVID-19 did not originate there. An international team of investigators is expected to travel to China in January, the WHO said on Thursday (Dec 17), more than a year after the first identified cluster of COVID-19 infections was linked to the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan. “I welcome them to come. We also want to know how it developed, specifically where it came from, if…