Coronavirus origins: WHO’s Sago experts sit down for first meeting


Source: scmp.com scmp.com

Key Topics in this News Article:

News Snapshot:

The World Health Organization’s latest group of experts to investigate the origins of the new coronavirus has begun its work, after a months-long process to assemble the team. The Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (Sago) – a body of 27 experts selected from around the world – met for the first time on Tuesday, marking the start of what WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called “critical work at a critical time”. “As you know, the politicisation of the origins of [the coronavirus] has become a serious barrier to the scientific process of understanding where this virus...