China blocks WHO crew investigating coronavirus origins


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By Sammy Edwards / January 6, 2021 NOEL CELIS/GETTY After months of negotiation, the Chinese Communist Party in December agreed to a World Health Organization (WHO) probe into the origins of the coronavirus. That investigation is off to an awkward start, with members of the WHO team being denied entry into China. On Tuesday, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva that Chinese officials have yet to grant clearance for the WHO investigators. Two members of the 10-person team were in transit to China as it became known that Chinese officials weren’t let allowing them in the country....