WHO expert team to transit through Singapore on way to Wuhan, East Asia

SINGAPORE – A World Health Organisation (WHO) team of international experts is due to depart Singapore on Thursday (Jan 14) for the Chinese city of Wuhan, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Wednesday. The team is investigating the origin of the coronavirus, which was first detected in Wuhan just over a year ago. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian also told a regular news briefing in Beijing on Tuesday that the team was due to arrive in Wuhan on Thursday from Singapore. In response to queries, the Singapore MFA spokesman said: “We note that the…