An epidemiologist and a specialist in animal health, the world Health Organization (WHO) are travelling to China for an exploratory mission to determine the origin of the coronavirus. “They are en route,” said the spokesman of the WHO, Margaret Harris, stating that the two experts were expected this weekend in Beijing.

They must prepare the field to a broader mission that will determine the origin of the coronavirus responsible for over 550,000 dead and more than 12 million cases in the world. The WHO team will have interviews with chinese officials and will determine the places that the future mission will have to visit, ” said Ms. Harris.