China health authority and WHO discuss cooperation for coronavirus origin investigation
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28 January, 2021, 05:10 pm
Last modified: 28 January, 2021, 05:10 pm
A WHO team is currently in China to investigate the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic
A health worker checking a person in China. Photo :BSS/AFP
China's National Health Commission head Ma Xiaowei discussed cooperation on coronavirus origin tracing with the World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom in a phone call on Wednesday.
A WHO team is currently in China to investigate the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to a statement released on the NHC website on Thursday, both men also exchanged views on the prevention and response assessment of infectious diseases.
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