WHO team tasked with probing origins of Covid-19 set to arrive in China as country sees largest daily rise of cases in 5 months

An international team of experts from the World Health Organization is expected to arrive in China this week to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, as the country registers a sharp uptick in new cases. China's National Health Commission announced on Monday that the WHO team would begin its work in the country on January 14. The health authority did not elaborate on locations that the experts might visit or the activities they might carry out during their stay in China. The team was initially hoping to come to China in early January but their plans were delayed as…