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


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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...