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China delays start of sensitive WHO mission
10:16 p.m.: Bureaucratic hurdles are delaying the start of the World Health Organization (WHO) mission in China to find out more about the origin of the coronavirus. WHO leader Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said to journalists on Tuesday that he was"very disappointed" that the Chinese authorities hadn't yet issued all of the necessary licenses to enable the international group of experts to research on site.
"Now we learned that the Chinese authorities still have not completed the necessary permits for the group to arrive in China," said Tedros. He was"very disappointed with this news" since two team members had already begun their travel, though other specialists could not leave"at the last minute".
He'd made it clear to"high-ranking Chinese officials" the assignment was a"priority for WHO" along with the worldwide investigation team, said Tedrossaid He had been assured that China would"accelerate" the internal processes for the earliest possible beginning of the mission.
China delays start of sensitive WHO assignment
WHO leader Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said to journalists on Tuesday that he was"very disappointed" that the Chinese government had not yet issued all of the necessary permits to enable the international group of experts to research on site.
"Today we heard that the Chinese government still haven't finished the necessary permits for the group to arrive in China," said Tedros. He had been"very disappointed with this news" because two crew members had already begun their journey, though other specialists couldn't leave"in the last minute".
He had made it obvious to"high-ranking Chinese officials" the mission was a"priority for WHO" and the global investigation team, said Tedros. He had been assured that China could"accelerate" the inner processes for the first possible beginning of the mission.
