Rohit Shishoidia

World Health Organization (WHO) has informed that a team of experts will visit China  to know from where the coronavirus came and created havoc across the globe by infecting and killing millions.

“All preparations have been finalised and WHO experts will be traveling to China this weekend to prepare scientific plans with their Chinese counterparts for identifying the zoonotic source of the disease, said Dr Tedros Adhanom, Director general of the World Health Organization in a press briefing.

“The experts will develop the scope and terms of reference for a WHO-led international mission. The mission objective is to advance the understanding of animal hosts for Covid-19 and ascertain how the disease jumped between animals and humans,” he added.  

The WHO DG also informed that the deadly disease is yet to reach its peak in the world.

He further stated: “The outbreak is accelerating and we have clearly not reached the peak of the pandemic. While the number of deaths appears to have levelled off globally, in reality some countries have made significant progress in reducing the number of deaths, while in other countries deaths are still on the rise.”

“Where there has been progress in reducing deaths, countries have implemented targeted actions toward the most vulnerable groups, for example those people living in long-term care facilities,” he explained.