Meanwhile, experts from the @WHO-led group who went to #China's Wuhan for the initial investigation of #COVID19 origin earlier this year said a follow-up trip could be helpful to gather additional research on the origins of the disease, ...usnews.com/news/world/art…
... but should be separate from any audit of information provided by Beijing.
Discussions about the outbreak gained renewed attention this week as U.S. intelligence agencies examine reports that researchers at a Chinese virology laboratory in Wuhan were seriously ill in 2019 a month before the first cases of COVID-19 were reported.
Koopmans said the team would be eager to carry out additional research in China in a number of areas and was awaiting the outcome of WHO discussions. She stressed the need for a clear mandate to conduct research, not to carry out an audit.
"I think these cannot be combined. So we believe that is a combination that will not work. In that case you say we are going to carry out an inspection, or we are going to do the follow-up research, ...
... or both, but through different mechanisms, otherwise you simply will not make any progress," she said.
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