Beijing demands WHO conduct coronavirus 'origin-tracing' in other countries as investigators arrive in China

World Health Organization experts are scheduled to arrive in China this week to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic after agreeing to a "basic consensus" that the research will involve multiple countries, according to a senior Chinese diplomat. "The two sides have reached a basic consensus on origin-tracing," Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters. "It is highly likely that origin-tracing will involve many countries and localities, and WHO will need to pay similar visits to other countries and regions as the need arises." Chinese diplomats have cast doubt on the origins of the contagion since the…